Basketball Recap: Winnebago Piles Up the Points Against Oakland-Craig

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Previous Games

12/16/25 - Away	86-45 W
12/17/24 - Home	47-57 L
12/12/23 - Away	56-52 W
12/13/22 - Home	81-60 W
12/14/21 - Away	55-63 L
+ 5 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Winnebago). They breezed past the Oakland-Craig Knights to the tune of 86-45 on Tuesday. With the Indians ahead 57-30 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Winnebago had a senior duo take command as Ashton LaPointe shot 69% from the field to rack up 23 points and Preston Blackhawk made all 6 shots he took for 12 points along with eight assists and three steals. Blackhawk also brought in his first field goal percentage of the season. Faron Kearnes was another key player, putting up eight points and five assists.

Winnebago was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Defeat or not, Oakland-Craig got some senior leadership from Javar Larson and Preston Rost. Larson posted 15 points and five rebounds, while Rost went 5-for-12 en route to 18 points. Riley Hineline also deserves some recognition as he scored his first points of the season.

Winnebago pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.5 points over those games. As for Oakland-Craig, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming contests. After both having extra time off, Winnebago and Norfolk Catholic will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 4:00 p.m. on January 2, 2026. Oakland-Craig and Wisner-Pilger will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Knights will be up against the Gators' rather soft defense (which has allowed 65 points per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.