Basketball Recap: Benton Drops Highest Score of Season Against Ruskin

Cardinals

Team Score

01/22/25 vs Ruskin	103
01/03/25 vs Kauffman	89
12/28/24 vs Capital City	86
11/25/24 vs St. Michael the Archangel	85
01/11/25 @ North Platte	78

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Benton). They blew past the Ruskin Golden Eagles 103-19 on Wednesday. The Cardinals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 33 points or more this season.

Benton pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 85.6 points per game. As for Ruskin, they are on a 23-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-10.

Benton has already played their next contest (against Smithville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Ruskin won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Belton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.