Basketball Recap: Jefferson West Skates Past Oskaloosa with Ease

Tigers

Team Score

01/21/25 vs Oskaloosa	68
12/13/24 vs McLouth	62
12/06/24 @ Valley Falls	60
01/14/25 @ Silver Lake	55
01/10/25 vs Riley County	55

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jefferson West). They breezed by the Oskaloosa Bears to the tune of 68-26 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Oskaloosa's loss came despite strong showings from Derrick Harvey and Carter Subelka. Harvey dropped a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds, while Subelka posted seven points along with five boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave Subelka a new career-high in steals.

The win got Jefferson West back to even at 4-4-1. As for Oskaloosa, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-8 record this season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Jefferson West has already played their next contest (against Perry-Lecompton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Oskaloosa has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Valley Falls.