Basketball Recap: Overton Skates Past Republic with Ease

By Team Reports Nov 26, 2024, 8:22pm

Basketball Recap: Overton Bobcats vs. RePublic

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Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Overton). They blew past the RePublic RePublic, posting a 64-18 victory. The win was nothing new for the Bobcats as they're now sitting on three straight.

Leading Overton to victory were Jehmel Madison and Tahj McLemore. Madison went 7 for 17 en route to 17 points plus three steals, while McLemore went 5 for 9 en route to 12 points plus eight rebounds and five steals. Madison's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Wesley Howard was another key player, earning six points plus two steals.

Overton's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for RePublic, their defeat was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.

Overton has already played their next game (against RePublic), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for RePublic, they will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Stem Preparatory Academy at 7:30 p.m. on December 10th.

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