Basketball Recap: St. John Piles Up the Points Against Kinsley

Tigers

Team Score

01/07/25 vs Kinsley	75
12/09/24 @ Bucklin	64
12/06/24 vs Stafford	64
12/20/24 vs Kiowa County	54
01/03/25 vs Central Christian	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. John). They breezed by the Kinsley Coyotes to the tune of 75-35 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

St. John found their leader in freshman Emmett Delp, who posted 19 points. Jace Reyes was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Kinsley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jonathan Meza, who had nine points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carrson Brokar, who put up eight points.

St. John is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Kinsley, their loss was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6.

St. John will welcome Ness City at 7:40 p.m. on Friday. St. John is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season. As for Kinsley, they are taking a road trip to take on Cunningham at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.