Basketball Recap: Higbee Skates Past Wellsville-Middletown with Ease

Tigers

Previous 3 Games

02/01/25 vs Wellsville-Middletown	60-30
01/30/25 @ Bevier	63-35
01/28/25 @ Keytesville	67-8

Higbee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 60-30 win over the Wellsville-Middletown Tigers. Given Higbee's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 206th, while Wellsville-Middletown is ranked 463rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Higbee has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points per game. As for Wellsville-Middletown, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Higbee Tigers face off against the Brunswick Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Higbee's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three contests. Wellsville-Middletown has already played their next match (against Elsberry), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.