Basketball Recap: Elkins Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Victory

Elks

Previous Games

02/10/25 vs Providence Academy	68-21
02/07/25 @ West Fork	69-43
02/04/25 @ Greenland	55-40
01/28/25 vs Lincoln	73-43
01/21/25 @ Thaden	64-9
+ 4 more games

Elkins had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They claimed a resounding 68-21 victory over the Providence Academy Patriots. Given the Elks' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Patriots are ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Elkins' win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.4 points over those games. As for Providence Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.

Elkins will have a chance to go back-to-back against Providence Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.