Basketball Recap: Lead Hill Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Kaden Baker and Noah Royce

Lead Hill was the 69-46 winner over Jasper when they last played one another on February 4th, but their luck changed this time around. The Lead Hill Tigers took an 81-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jasper Pirates on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Tigers still had to take the loss.

Noah Royce

Points

02/24/25 vs Jasper	31
02/22/25 @ Kingston	23
02/14/25 @ Cotter	17
02/11/25 @ Ozark Mountain	21
02/07/25 @ Marshall	15
+ 2 more games

Lead Hill's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Noah Royce, who to rack up 31 points and seven rebounds, and Kaden Baker, who on his way to 22 points and eight boards. The contest was Royce's seventh in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dawson Lively, who posted four points along with seven rebounds and six assists.

Even though they lost, Lead Hill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.

Lead Hill's loss dropped their record down to 29-14. As for Jasper, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 30-7 record this season.

As of now, neither Lead Hill nor Jasper have any future games scheduled.