Basketball Recap: Madison County Skates Past Pendleton with Ease

Red Raiders

Team Score

12/20/24 vs Pendleton	67
12/03/24 @ Flowery Branch	62
11/16/24 vs Stephens County	62
12/17/24 vs Stephens County	61
12/10/24 @ East Forsyth	60

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Madison County). They breezed by the Pendleton Bulldogs to the tune of 67-37 on Friday. The Red Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 21 points or more this season.

Madison County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points per game. As for Pendleton, they dropped their record down to 0-9 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Madison County and Winder-Barrow will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Pendleton and Hart County will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on December 27th.