Basketball Recap: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sets Scoring Season-High Against New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial). They blew past the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers 82-52 on Monday. The victory was nothing new for the Knights as they're now sitting on six straight.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.2 points per game. As for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, they are on a 25-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-14.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 68-65 victory against Minnesota Valley Lutheran on the 21st. As for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, they will venture away from home to square off against Martin County West at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva is facing Martin County West at the right time seeing as Martin County West is stuck on a four-game losing streak.