Basketball Recap: Kentwood Drops Season-High Score on Auburn Riverside

Conquerors

Team Score

01/21/25 @ Auburn Riverside	105
12/09/24 @ Tahoma	93
12/12/24 vs Auburn Riverside	93
01/17/25 vs Tahoma	90
12/06/24 @ Mead	90

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kentwood). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat the Auburn Riverside Ravens 105-65. Given the Conquerors' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Ravens are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Leroy Kinnay and Emediong Ukpe certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Kinnay went 5 of 7 en route to 12 points, while Ukpe went 6 for 11 on his way to 17 points.

The victory (which was Kentwood's third in a row) raised their record to 13-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 82.3 points per game. As for Auburn Riverside, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-16.

Kentwood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 71-60 win against Stadium on the 24th. As for Auburn Riverside, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 62-54 loss against Mt. Rainier on the 24th.