Basketball Recap: St. Joseph Academy Drops Highest Score of Season Against Bonita Vista

Crusaders

Team Score

12/11/24 @ Bonita Vista	56
12/07/24 vs San Marcos	50
11/19/24 @ Pacific Ridge	50
11/25/24 vs Tesoro	43
12/06/24 vs La Costa Canyon	42

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Joseph Academy). They took down the Bonita Vista Barons 56-38 on Wednesday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Barons are ranked 878th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

St. Joseph Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Luciana Aguilar led the charge by dropping a double-double on 21 points and 11 boards. That's the most points Aguilar has posted since back in January. The team also got some help courtesy of Nancy Chavez, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine assists.

St. Joseph Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.

Bonita Vista's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Shea Gonzalez, who posted ten points. Another player making a difference was Syana Trotter, who earned eight points along with eight boards and three steals.

St. Joseph Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Bonita Vista, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.

St. Joseph Academy will head out to square off against San Marcos at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Bonita Vista, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 63-41 loss against La Jolla on the 14th.