Basketball Recap: Maplewood Piles Up the Points Against Mathews

Rockets

Margin (Wins)

12/09/24 @ Harding	48
02/01/25 @ Mathews	39
01/27/25 vs Mathews	38
01/30/25 vs Harding	38
12/30/24 vs Liberty	36

Maplewood won the last time they faced Mathews and things went their way on Saturday too. The Maplewood Rockets blew past the Mathews Mustangs 53-14. The Rockets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 21 points or more this season.

Maplewood's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Aliah Brumit, who went 8 of 11 en route to 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Himes, who posted eight points in addition to eight assists and six steals.

Maplewood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.0 points per game. As for Mathews, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-15.

Maplewood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 43-31 victory against Pymatuning Valley on the 3rd. As for Mathews, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 56-21 defeat against Grand Valley on the 3rd.