Basketball Recap: Pike County Central Drops Highest Score of Season Against Mountain Mission

Hawks

Team Score

02/01/25 vs Mountain Mission	73
01/16/25 @ East Ridge	72
12/27/24 @ Bellevue	68
12/21/24 @ Elliott County	64
01/03/25 vs Phelps	58

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pike County Central). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat the Mountain Mission Challengers 73-36. That's more bragging rights for the Hawks, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Mountain Mission's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ella Rasnake, who posted 14 points. Annah Chacha was another key player, going 6 for 11 en route to 12 points.

Pike County Central is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Mountain Mission, the loss snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 10-2 record.

Pike County Central has already played their next game (against Lawrence County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mountain Mission will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Mount View at 6:30 p.m. Mountain Mission is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.3 points per game this season.