Basketball Recap: Fort Stockton's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Saturday

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

12/28/24 vs New Home	36-42
12/27/24 vs Portales	68-61
12/21/24 @ Wink	66-57
12/20/24 @ Sands	65-57
12/20/24 vs Midland Classical Academy	49-39

It was a good run, but Fort Stockton unfortunately witnessed the end of their 11-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell to the New Home Leopards 42-36. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 523rd, while the Leopards are ranked 170th).

When it comes to explaining why Fort Stockton lost, don't look at Zeke Espino. Despite the final result, he posted eight points. Another player making a difference was Aundre Washington, who had nine points.

Fort Stockton's defeat dropped their record down to 13-5. As for New Home, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-3.

Fort Stockton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 46-39 loss against Olton on the 28th. New Home has also already played their next match, a 61-44 defeat against Littlefield on the 28th.