Basketball Recap: Century Drops Highest Score of Season Against Joppa-Maple Grove

Centurions

Team Score (Highest)

02/12/25 @ Joppa-Maple Grove	54
01/13/25 vs Joppa-Maple Grove	47
01/14/25 vs Elverado/Zeigler-Royalton	46
11/19/24 vs Northside Baptist Christian	45
12/19/24 vs Cobden	42

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Century). They were the clear victor by a 54-33 margin over the Joppa-Maple Grove Rangers on Wednesday. With the Centurions ahead 33-13 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

Jaylee Vanmeter was a one-woman wrecking crew for Century as she posted 26 points. Those 26 points gave Vanmeter a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Allie Stoner, who scored seven points.

Joppa-Maple Grove's loss came despite strong showings from Abigail Lang and Jaylea Anderson. Lang earned nine points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals, while Anderson put up six points and five boards. Anderson also put up two blocks, which wereher first of the season. Another player making a difference was Jaelyn Clark, who had five points and three steals.

Century is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Joppa-Maple Grove, their defeat was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-17.

Century didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 1-0 loss against Johnston City on the 13th. As for Joppa-Maple Grove, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 66-28 defeat against Cairo on the 17th.