Basketball Recap: Saltillo Drops Highest Score of Season Against Avinger

Lions

Team Score

02/04/25 vs Avinger	88
11/15/24 vs Campbell	84
12/26/24 @ Non Varsity Tournament Opponent	76
01/31/25 vs Union Hill	75
12/31/24 vs Yantis	75

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Saltillo). They blew past the Avinger Indians 88-25 on Tuesday. The Lions pushed the score to 79-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had no chance of recovering from.

Saltillo is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-11 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.5 points per game. As for Avinger, they dropped their record down to 1-24 with the defeat, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Saltillo Lions face off against the Bloomburg Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Avinger, they will challenge Avery at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Avery will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Avinger surely won't give up without a fight.