Basketball Recap: Aurora Drops Season-High Score on Willow Springs

Houn Dawgs

Team Score

12/26/24 vs Willow Springs	88
12/20/24 @ Bolivar	80
12/10/24 vs Neosho	80
12/13/24 @ Buffalo	79
12/05/24 vs Fair Grove	60
12/06/24 @ Hartville	53

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Aurora). They walked away with an 88-80 win over the Willow Springs Bears on Thursday. This was payback for the Houn Dawgs, who suffered a 65-55 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Aurora has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.8 points per game. As for Willow Springs, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.

Aurora will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Cassville at 6:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Willow Springs also won't see the court for a while: their next contest is against Licking at 6:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025.