The St. John's Mavericks entered their tilt with the Parish Episcopal Panthers with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. St. John's came out on top against Parish Episcopal by a score of 65-53 on Saturday.
Leading St. John's to victory were Malachi Booker and Sebastian Williams-Adams. Booker scored 19 points along with 7 rebounds, while Williams-Adams dropped a double-double on 28 points and 16 rebounds. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Williams-Adams has scored at least 25% of St. John's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Colin Callahan, who scored 7 points.
St. John's pushed their record up to 12-4 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.3 points per game. As for Parish Episcopal, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
St. John's will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against St. John XXIII at 5:30 p.m. St. John XXIII will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1214th, while St. John's is ranked 72nd). Parish Episcopal is on the road again on Wednesday and play against Arlington at 7:30 p.m. on December 13th.
