After flying high against Nixon-Smiley last Friday, Luling came back down to earth. The Luling Eagles fell 48-36 to the Poth Pirates on Tuesday. The Eagles were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Pirates earlier this season, when they won 53-52.
02/04/25 @ Poth | 7 |
01/31/25 vs Nixon-Smiley | 4 |
01/28/25 vs Karnes City | 2 |
01/24/25 @ Stockdale | 2 |
When it comes to explaining why Luling lost, don't look at Jaime Gomez. Despite the final result, he posted 17 points in addition to seven steals and five rebounds. Gomez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Ayden Flores was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on ten points and nine boards.
Luling's defeat dropped their record down to 15-15. As for Poth, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-11.
Luling will head out on the road to face off against Goliad at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Luling is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.3 points per game this season. Poth has already played their next contest (against Nixon-Smiley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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