George West lost against London back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The George West Longhorns took a 46-32 bruising from the London Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1132nd, while the Pirates are ranked 332nd).
Loss or not, George West got some senior leadership from Tristen Blevins and Trevor Poe. Blevins went 6 of 15 en route to 16 points and four steals, while Poe posted eight points and eight rebounds. That was a full 50% of George West's points, marking the 15th time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Christopher Bernal, who put up six points and seven rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead London to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aiden Salinas, who went 7 of 16 on his way to 17 points and six steals. Those six steals gave Salinas a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Ac Carpentier, who posted 14 points and five steals.
George West's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 13-9. As for London, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
George West didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 60-38 loss against West Oso on the 7th. As for London, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 63-41 win against Taft on the 7th.
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