Basketball Recap: Elite Sets Scoring Season-High Against Delta

Eagles

Team Score

01/23/25 @ Delta	99
01/09/25 @ Creative Connections Arts Academy	73
01/03/25 vs Swett	65
12/06/24 vs Sonoma Valley	65
11/25/24 @ Lodi Academy	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elite). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat the Delta Saints 99-32. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Elite's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Joe Cooper, who dropped a double-double on 34 points and 18 boards. The dominant performance gave Cooper a new career-high in rebounds. Dorrion Allen was another key player, putting up 24 points along with seven assists and six boards.

Despite the loss, Delta still got an impressive performance from Lucas Keller, who posted 16 points. That was a full 50% of Delta's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.

Elite's record is now 5-18. As for Delta, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-12.

Elite didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 86-23 victory against Esparto on the 28th. As for Delta, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 115-36 defeat against Fortune Early College on the 28th.