Basketball Recap: Crawford Piles Up the Points Against Meridian

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

01/24/25 @ Meridian	38
12/13/24 @ Meyer	36
12/28/24 vs Bruceville-Eddy	33
12/27/24 vs Normangee	28
01/17/25 @ Rio Vista	27
01/14/25 vs Meyer	25

Crawford had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They blew past the Meridian Yellowjackets 58-20. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 25 points or more this season.

Crawford has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.1 points per game. As for Meridian, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-15.

Crawford has already played their next contest (against Royal), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Meridian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 37-20 loss against Itasca on the 28th.