Basketball Recap: Thomas More Prep-Marian Drops Highest Score of Season Against Oakley

Monarchs

Team Score

01/25/25 vs Oakley	70
01/23/25 vs Phillipsburg	56
01/16/25 vs Ellis	56
01/18/25 vs Russell	55
12/17/24 @ Hoxie	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thomas More Prep-Marian). They enjoyed a cozy 70-52 win over the Oakley Plainsmen on Saturday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Monarchs with their most commanding win of the season.

Oakley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Easton Fink, who posted 15 points. The dominant performance gave Fink a new career-high in points. Mason Jackson was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Thomas More Prep-Marian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.4 points per game. As for Oakley, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.

Thomas More Prep-Marian will be playing at home against Great Bend at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Great Bend will roll in looking for their ninth straight victory, something Thomas More Prep-Marian surely won't give up without a fight. As for Oakley, they will head out on the road to face off against Wheatland-Grinnell at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.