Basketball Recap: Stratford Drops Highest Score of Season Against Republic

Spartans

Team Score

01/07/25 @ RePublic	68
12/06/24 @ Maplewood	62
12/03/24 @ Hunters Lane	52
12/09/24 vs Hume-Fogg	51
12/16/24 @ McGavock	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Stratford). They blew past RePublic 68-45 on Tuesday. With the Spartans ahead 41-14 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Stratford to victory, but perhaps none more so than Montez Martin, who posted 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kobe Buford, who had ten points.

Gracien Niyonzima and Carmontez Williams certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Niyonzima almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards, while Williams went 6 for 15 on his way to 17 points. Dion Garrett was another key player, putting up eight points and five rebounds.

Stratford's record is now 3-10. As for RePublic, they are on a 14-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.

Stratford has already played their next match, a 44-39 loss against Antioch on the 8th. As for RePublic, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 70-19 defeat against East Nashville Magnet on the 10th.