Basketball Recap: Elk River Drops Highest Score of Season Against Coon Rapids

Elks

Team Score

01/09/25 vs Coon Rapids	93
01/04/25 @ Duluth East	70
12/17/24 @ Rogers	67
12/13/24 vs St. Michael-Albertville	58
01/07/25 @ Champlin Park	56

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elk River). They snuck past the Coon Rapids Cardinals with a 93-87 win on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Elk River is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 3-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points per game. As for Coon Rapids, they dropped their record down to 3-7 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Elk River and Coon Rapids could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. Elk River (ranked 254th) will meet Totino-Grace (ranked 16th) at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Similarly, Coon Rapids will challenge Maple Grove at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday down 138 places (221 vs. 83).