Basketball Recap: Eden Drops Highest Score of Season Against North Collins

Raiders

Team Score (Highest)

02/14/25 vs North Collins	83
01/07/25 @ Kennedy	81
01/09/25 @ Christian Central Academy	80
01/24/25 vs Kennedy	79
12/03/24 vs Gowanda	78

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eden). They really took it to the North Collins Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up an 83-33 win. The victory was nothing new for the Raiders as they're now sitting on four straight.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eden to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chris Krencik, who shot 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and almost dropped a double-double with 24 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Krencik a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (71%). Tyler Wakelam was another key player, going 10-for-14 to rack up 25 points and seven boards.

Eden's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points over those games. As for North Collins, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.

Coming up, Eden won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Tapestry at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Tapestry knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Eden likes a good challenge. As for North Collins, they will also get right back to it: they'll face off against Math Science Tech Prep at Seneca at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.