Basketball Recap: Fort Wayne North Side Drops Highest Score of Season Against Fort Wayne Canterbury

Legends

Team Score

01/25/25 vs Fort Wayne Canterbury	73
01/08/25 @ Hamilton	68
12/13/24 vs Fort Wayne South Side	55
12/28/24 @ Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian	54
11/30/24 vs New Haven	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Wayne North Side). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat the Fort Wayne Canterbury Cavaliers 73-21. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Fort Wayne North Side's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Mariana Mitchell led the charge by going 8 of 14 on her way to 21 points in addition to six boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave Mitchell a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Jayonna Flotow, who went 6 for 9 en route to 13 points along with six rebounds and five steals.

Fort Wayne North Side moved to 4-15 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Fort Wayne Canterbury, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-16.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fort Wayne North Side will square off against Carroll at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Carroll is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.7 points per game this season. Fort Wayne Canterbury has already played their next match (against South Adams), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.