Basketball Recap: Steinbrenner Piles Up the Points Against King

Warriors

Margin (Wins)

12/06/24 vs Alonso	74
12/11/24 vs King	68
12/04/24 @ Newsome	61
12/10/24 vs Robinson	39
12/03/24 @ Wharton	24

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Steinbrenner). They blew past the King Lions, posting an 86-18 win. Fans of the Warriors have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

Leading Steinbrenner to victory were Sarah Coble and Samantha Coble. Sarah dropped a triple-double on 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 steals, while Samantha went 6 of 10from beyond the arc on her way to 26 points and three steals. Sarah is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Sophia Du, who went 5 of 6 on her way to 15 points.

Despite the loss, King still got an impressive performance from Heaven Pyfrom, who posted 14 points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Pyfrom a new career-high in assists (two). Mariah Pinkney was another key player, putting up two points and seven rebounds.

Steinbrenner pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.9 points per game. As for King, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Steinbrenner will head out to take on Sickles at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Sickles' defense has only allowed 29.9 points per game this season, so Steinbrenner's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for King, they will welcome Freedom at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.