Basketball Recap: Traverse City Central Drops Highest Score of Season Against Petoskey

Trojans

Team Score

01/31/25 @ Petoskey	86
12/07/24 vs Marquette	82
01/14/25 vs Gaylord	78
12/17/24 vs Reeths-Puffer	75
12/20/24 vs Central	71

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Traverse City Central). They pulled ahead with an 86-85 photo finish over the Petoskey Northmen on Friday. This was payback for the Trojans, who suffered a 68-46 loss the last time these two teams met.

Traverse City Central is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Petoskey, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-8.

Traverse City Central will face off against Gaylord at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Traverse City Central is facing Gaylord at the right time seeing as Gaylord is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Petoskey, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-41 victory against Sault Area on the 4th.