Basketball Recap: Eureka Sets Scoring Season-High Against Tremont

Hornets

Team Score

01/31/25 vs Tremont	81
12/21/24 vs Havana	74
01/23/25 @ Tremont	73
01/03/25 @ Ridgeview	65
12/09/24 vs St. Bede	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eureka). They enjoyed a cozy 81-67 win over the Tremont Turks on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Hornets' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 294th, while the Turks are ranked 103rd).

Eureka pushed their record up to 12-12 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.4 points per game. As for Tremont, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-4.

Eureka has already played their next match (against Olympia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tremont has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Heyworth.