The St. John's Mavericks will square off against the Nimitz Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, St. John's finally turned things around against The Woodlands Christian Academy on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 56-55 win over the Warriors.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. John's to victory, but perhaps none more so than Malachi Booker, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Booker has scored at least a third of St. John's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastian Williams-Adams, who went 5 for 12 en route to 14 points plus seven assists and six rebounds.
St. John's was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Nimitz was able to grind out a solid victory over Cypress Creek on Friday, taking the game 76-65. The match marked Nimitz's most dominant win of the season so far.
The victory got Nimitz back to even at 3-3. As for St. John's, their win bumped their record up to 2-5.
St. John's was able to grind out a solid victory over Nimitz when the teams last played back in December of 2019, winning 67-60. Will St. John's repeat their success, or does Nimitz have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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