Basketball Recap: Western Reserve Drops Season-High Score on East Palestine

Blue Devils

Team Score

02/01/25 vs East Palestine	71
12/13/24 @ Jackson-Milton	62
01/30/25 @ McDonald	61
01/23/25 vs Jackson-Milton	60
12/17/24 vs Memorial	60

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Western Reserve). They really took it to the East Palestine Bulldogs for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-21 victory. With the Blue Devils ahead 54-15 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

East Palestine lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Emma Gingher, who posted six points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacklyn Ogle, who had four points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.

Western Reserve is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.8 points. As for East Palestine, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-16.

Western Reserve didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-54 win against Lowellville on the 3rd. East Palestine has also already played their next match (against Toronto), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.