Basketball Recap: Elkhorn Piles Up the Points Against Ashland-Greenwood

Antlers

Margin (Wins)

02/01/25 @ Lincoln Northwest	38
12/20/24 vs Standing Bear	37
01/25/25 vs Crete	30
02/06/25 vs Ashland-Greenwood	28
01/14/25 vs Standing Bear	28

A well-balanced attack led Elkhorn over Ashland-Greenwood in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Elkhorn Antlers blew the Ashland-Greenwood Bluejays out of the water with a 61-33 final score. The Antlers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 27 points or more this season.

Ashland-Greenwood's defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Vanity Laughlin, who posted nine points. The dominant performance also gave Laughlin a new career-high in field goal percentage (67%). Another player making a difference was Lainey Barent, who earned nine points.

Elkhorn is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.8 points. As for Ashland-Greenwood, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-16.

Elkhorn wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 45-34 victory against Hastings on the 7th. As for Ashland-Greenwood, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 69-28 defeat against Malcolm on the 11th.