Basketball Recap: Breese Central Piles Up the Points Against Salem

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

01/13/25 vs Roxana	49
01/09/25 vs East Alton-Wood River	45
12/02/24 @ Freeburg	44
11/18/24 vs Hillsboro	43
12/12/24 @ Roxana	43

Breese Central waltzed into their match on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 57-21 win over the Salem Wildcats. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 20 points or more this season.

Breese Central's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Salem, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-9.

Breese Central has already played their next match (against Waterloo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Salem will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Richland County at 2:30 p.m. on January 27th.