After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Cathedral Academy, St. John was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They skirted past the Palmetto Scholars Academy Phoenix 50-48. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Islanders also won the last time the pair played back in February.
When it comes to explaining why Palmetto Scholars Academy lost, don't look at Maddox Austin. Despite the final result, he went 11 for 25 en route to 32 points plus five rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Jesse Murray, who had five points plus eight rebounds and three steals.
The victory got St. John's back to even at 1-1. As for Palmetto Scholars Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
St. John's has already played their next match (against Palmetto Scholars Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Palmetto Scholars Academy, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Faith Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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