Basketball Recap: Grundy Center Drops Highest Score of Season Against Columbus

Spartans

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Columbus	66
12/20/24 @ East Marshall	64
12/17/24 vs New Hampton	61
01/07/25 @ Oelwein	56
11/25/24 vs BCLUW	49

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grundy Center). They blew past the Columbus Sailors 66-21 on Friday. The Spartans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 21 points or more this season.

Grundy Center's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-6. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.7 points per game. As for Columbus, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-13 record this season.

Grundy Center will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against East Marshall at 6:15 p.m. Grundy Center is facing East Marshall at the right time seeing as East Marshall is stuck on a 13-game losing streak. As for Columbus, they are taking a road trip to take on Waterloo Christian at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Columbus will also cruise into their next contest with the timing on their side: Waterloo Christian will have lost three straight heading into Monday's game.