Basketball Recap: Methodist Children's Home Piles Up the Points Against St. Mary's
By Team Reports
Jan 27, 2025, 12:54pm
Basketball Recap: Methodist Children's Home Bulldogs vs. St. Mary's Rams
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Methodist Children's Home). They claimed a resounding 63-27 win over the St. Mary's Rams. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 36 points or more this season.
Methodist Children's Home was led to victory by Olice Brown-Lynch and Londen Bickham. Brown-Lynch almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds, while Bickham went 11 for 23 en route to 27 points along with six boards and five steals. Brown-Lynch is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Bryce Bickham, who posted four points and eight boards.
12/18/23 vs Eagle Christian Academy | 16 |
12/05/23 vs Mount Calm | 15 |
01/23/25 vs St. Mary's | 13 |
12/02/23 vs Trinidad | 12 |
01/24/24 vs Hill | 12 |
Methodist Children's Home was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Defeat or not, St. Mary's got some senior leadership from Ty Zimmerhanzel and Kolbe Barta. Zimmerhanzel earned 13 points, while Barta scored ten points. That was a full 48.1% of St. Mary's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points.
The victory made it two in a row for Methodist Children's Home and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for St. Mary's, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-5.
Methodist Children's Home didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 53-41 defeat against Grace Academy on the 24th. As for St. Mary's, they will welcome Providence Prep at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Providence Prep knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully St. Mary's likes a good challenge.
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