Basketball Recap: Burlington Skates Past Davenport Central with Ease

Grayhounds

Margin (Wins)

01/06/25 vs Central Lee	43
12/06/24 vs Mt. Pleasant	42
01/20/25 vs Davenport Central	37
11/25/24 vs Danville	36
12/09/24 vs Muscatine	28

Burlington hadn't done well against Davenport Central recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Burlington Grayhounds breezed by the Davenport Central Blue Devils to the tune of 73-36. The Grayhounds have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 28 points or more this season.

The victory made it two in a row for Burlington and bumps their season record up to 5-2. As for Davenport Central, they dropped their record down to 1-10 with the loss, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Burlington will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Kennedy at 3:00 p.m. on February 1st. Davenport Central has already played their next game, a 55-20 defeat against Clinton on the 21st.