You make a good point
Although I do usually avoid the fights even on my DIK playthroughs
I wonder if that might come back to bite me
You should too as a Maya fan, because the water polo and basketball game in EP8 has to do with Maya, Sage, Elena, Riona, Zoey and the MC.
When winning the water polo game, the MC shows that he has already played 2vs2 basketball because he can intercept the ball. Who did the MC play 2vs2 with? MC, Zoey and one of the others was Lisa. It was clearly implied in Interlude that not only Zoey but also the MC knows this Lisa. Who knows who this Lisa's team partner was? Tip? Caleb.
We also know that Riona has already played basketball. In EP8, Chad told Sage to play basketball after Dawe got the basketball in Sage's face.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sage and Maya form a team and the jacket is not Sage's jacket, but a team jacket.