Basketball Recap: Newark Sets Scoring Season-High Against Teays Valley

Wildcats

Team Score (Highest)

02/07/25 vs Teays Valley	81
01/31/25 vs Canal Winchester	72
01/09/25 @ Teays Valley	71
01/04/25 @ Mt. Vernon	66
01/24/25 @ Logan	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newark). They blew past the Teays Valley Vikings 81-40 on Friday. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 22 points or more this season.

Newark pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points over those games. As for Teays Valley, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-17.

Newark and Teays Valley could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. Newark will challenge Reynoldsburg at 7:30 p.m. on February 14th down 22 places (26 vs. 4). Similarly, Teays Valley (ranked 534th) will meet Marysville (ranked 212th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.