Basketball Recap: Philadelphia Drops Highest Score of Season Against Union

Tornadoes

Team Score

01/17/25 @ Union	62
12/10/24 vs McAdams	56
01/16/25 vs Eupora	50
01/07/25 @ Sebastopol	48
11/09/24 vs Clarkdale	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Philadelphia). They snuck past the Union Yellowjackets with a 62-58 victory on Friday. Winning may never get old, but the Tornadoes sure are getting used to it with their sixth in a row.

Despite the defeat, Union had strong showings from Gracyn Tillman, who went 10 of 22 en route to 25 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals, and Rymia Craft, who posted 19 points along with five assists and five boards. With that strong performance, Craft is now averaging an impressive 2 steals per game. Another player making a difference was Destiny Campbell, who earned six points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals.

Philadelphia's win bumped their record up to 8-12. As for Union, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 14 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-14 record this season.

Philadelphia has already played their next matchup (against Noxubee County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Union has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Eupora.