Basketball Recap: Lathrop Drops Season-High Score on North Pole

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Team Score

01/28/25 @ North Pole	78
01/23/25 vs Nikiski	75
01/09/25 vs Sitka	72
01/25/25 @ Barrow	64
01/11/25 vs Valdez	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lathrop). They claimed a resounding 78-44 win over the North Pole Patriots. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 58-50 on January 10th.

The victory (which was Lathrop's fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-7. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.2 points. As for North Pole, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

Lathrop will host North Pole at 7:30 p.m. on February 4th. As for North Pole, they will take on Nome-Beltz in a tournament on Thursday. One thing working in Nome-Beltz's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matches.