Basketball Recap: Pekin Piles Up the Points Against Highland

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

01/31/25 vs Highland	47
01/03/25 @ Highland	44
12/03/24 vs Wapello	30
01/02/25 vs Columbus	28
01/10/25 @ Wapello	26
01/21/25 @ Louisa-Muscatine	22

Pekin waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past the Highland Huskies, posting a 65-18 victory. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 22 points or more this season.

Pekin is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Highland, they are on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-11.

Pekin has already played their next game (against East Moline United), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Highland will welcome Louisa-Muscatine at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.