Basketball Recap: Litchfield Drops Highest Score of Season Against Mt. Olive

Purple Panthers

Team Score

02/05/25 vs Mt. Olive	68
12/26/24 vs East Alton-Wood River	67
12/18/24 vs Jersey	62
01/14/25 vs Edinburg	60
12/13/24 @ Southwestern	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Litchfield). They blew past the Mt. Olive Wildcats, posting a 68-37 win. The Purple Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.

Mt. Olive lost on Wednesday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Matthew Bywater, who posted two points and three steals. Another player making a difference was Dexter Frizzo, who earned nine points.

Litchfield pushed their record up to 11-15 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Mt. Olive, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.

Litchfield has already played their next contest (against Pana), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mt. Olive is taking a road trip to square off against Edinburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Edinburg's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games.