Basketball Recap: Luke Bowling Key Part of a Team Effort in Wildcats Win

By Team Reports Dec 9, 2024, 6:19am

Basketball Recap: Bronaugh Wildcats vs. Hume Hornets

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bronaugh). They enjoyed a cozy 48-29 win over the Hume Hornets on Saturday. That's more bragging rights for the Wildcats, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bronaugh to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Bowling, who went 6 for 15 en route to 19 points plus six steals and two blocks. Bowling is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least three every time he's taken the court this season. Strauss Banes was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Bronaugh smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in seven consecutive matches dating back to last season.

The victory got Bronaugh back to even at 2-2.

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Bronaugh Wildcats take on the Drexel Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Hume, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Osceola at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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