Basketball Recap: Brayden Keithley Key Part of a Team Effort in Yellow Jackets Win

Yellow Jackets

Margin (Wins)

12/21/24 vs Blue River Valley	34
12/28/24 vs Herron	26
01/11/25 vs Southwestern	23
12/28/24 vs Western Boone	9
01/03/25 @ Tri	-3

Morristown's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Tri on Saturday. The Morristown Yellow Jackets were the clear victor by a 52-29 margin over the Southwestern Spartans. The Yellow Jackets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 23 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morristown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brayden Keithley, who went 7 of 14 en route to 16 points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Colin Kieninger, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards.

Morristown pushed their record up to 5-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Southwestern, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.

Morristown will venture away from home to square off against Triton Central at 8:00 p.m. on Monday. Triton Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.6 points per game this season. As for Southwestern, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Brown County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.