Basketball Recap: Andrews Drops Season-High Score on Swain County

Wildcats

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Swain County	100
01/14/25 @ Summit Charter	98
01/02/25 vs Nantahala	86
01/07/25 vs Blue Ridge Early College	83
01/17/25 vs Highlands	79

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Andrews). They blew past the Swain County Maroon Devils, posting a 100-66 win. Winning may never get old, but the Wildcats sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.

Andrews was led to victory by Ty Clark and Gabe Clark. Ty dropped a double-double on 23 points and 18 rebounds, while Gabe went 8 for 12 en route to 20 points along with six assists and five boards. The dominant performance gave Ty a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kegan Ellis, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 18 points.

Andrews smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive games.

Andrews has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.3 points per game. As for Swain County, they now have a losing record at 6-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Andrews will challenge Cherokee at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Andrews' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last ten contests. Swain County has already played their next game (against Highlands), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.