Basketball Recap: Palmer Drops Highest Score of Season Against Rice

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/31/25 vs Rice	78
12/20/24 @ Blooming Grove	74
01/24/25 vs Blooming Grove	74
12/17/24 vs Maypearl	72
01/21/25 @ Maypearl	70

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palmer). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 78-35 victory over the Rice Bulldogs. Winning may never get old, but Palmer sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.

Palmer has also been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points per game. As for Rice, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-15.

Coincidentally, Palmer and Rice will both be playing Keene the next time they take the court. Rice will host Keene at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, while Palmer will host them at 7:30 p.m. on February 7th.