Basketball Recap: Bear Creek Sets Scoring Season-High Against Overlake

Grizzlies

Team Score (Highest)

02/18/25 vs Overlake	85
01/24/25 vs Northwest	80
01/07/25 @ Cedar Park Christian	80
12/14/24 vs Cedar Park Christian	78
02/04/25 vs Bush	74

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bear Creek). They were the clear victor by an 85-60 margin over the Overlake Owls on Tuesday. The Grizzlies have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 24 points or more this season.

Leading Bear Creek to victory were Caleb Branch and Max Beiber. Branch went 7-for-13 from beyond the arc en route to 29 points and three steals, while Beiber went 9-for-14 to rack up 25 points along with eight boards and three steals. Beiber is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in each of the last 11 games he's played. Andrew Liu was another key player, going 6-for-8 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.

Bear Creek was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Bear Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. Overlake's loss dropped their record down to 13-9.

Looking ahead, Bear Creek will venture away from home to take on King's at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with King's sitting on seven straight wins and Bear Creek on four. As for Overlake, they have already played their next contest, a 61-50 victory against Bush on the 20th.