Basketball Recap: Carson M Free Key Part of a Team Effort in Bearcats Win

Bearcats

Previous 5 Games

01/14/25 vs Piketon	60-46
01/03/25 vs Southeastern	50-56
12/28/24 @ Lynchburg-Clay	52-44
12/21/24 @ Fairfield	42-59
12/20/24 vs Huntington	63-60

Paint Valley won the last time they faced Piketon and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Paint Valley Bearcats took down the Piketon Redstreaks 60-46. With that win, the Bearcats brought their scoring average up to 50.3 points per game.

Paint Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Carson M Free, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 16 rebounds. M Free has been hot recently, having posted eight or more boards the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jase Rinehart, who went 5 of 8 en route to 16 points and eight rebounds.

Paint Valley's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Piketon, they dropped their record down to 3-10 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Paint Valley will square off against Adena at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Paint Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.3 points per game this season. Piketon has already played their next game (against Huntington), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.