Basketball Recap: Santa Fe Sets Scoring Season-High Against First Assembly Christian Academy

Raiders

Team Score

12/27/24 vs First Assembly Christian Academy	78
12/07/24 @ P.K. Yonge	65
12/19/24 vs Franklin-Simpson	60
11/20/24 @ Saint Francis Catholic	59
12/13/24 @ Columbia	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Fe). They breezed by the First Assembly Christian Academy Eagles to the tune of 78-34 on Friday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Eagles are ranked 513th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Santa Fe's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Antonio Hall, who posted nine points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Hall a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Stevens, who had 11 points.

Santa Fe smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as First Assembly Christian Academy only pulled down four offensive boards.

First Assembly Christian Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Mason Burke, who put up 13 points, and Jausten Rivera, who earned three points. Rivera has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times he's played.

Santa Fe's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for First Assembly Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-3.

Santa Fe wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 64-57 loss against Forest on the 28th. As for First Assembly Christian Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 55-30 defeat against Suwannee on the 28th.