Basketball Recap: Westwood Sets Scoring Season-High Against Houghton

Patriots

Team Score (Highest)

02/13/25 @ Houghton	66
02/04/25 vs Iron Mountain	59
12/09/24 @ Ishpeming	54
12/03/24 vs Menominee	54
12/13/24 @ Manistique	53

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Westwood). They enjoyed a cozy 66-51 win over the Houghton Gremlins on Thursday. This was a revenge game for the Patriots: when they faced off against the Gremlins back in January, they had to take a 56-50 defeat.

Westwood is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.2 points over those games. As for Houghton, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-6.

Coming up, Westwood will face off against West Iron County at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Houghton, they will take on Hancock at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hancock will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something Houghton surely won't give up without a fight.