Basketball Recap: Missouri Military Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Columbia Independent

Fighting Colonels

Team Score

02/04/25 @ Columbia Independent	76
01/25/25 vs Laquey	74
01/13/25 vs Liberty Christian Academy	73
01/14/25 vs Columbia Independent	71
01/27/25 vs Veritas Christian Academy	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Missouri Military Academy). They put the hurt on Columbia Independent with a sharp 76-53 win on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Fighting Colonels have posted against Columbia Independent since January 10, 2023.

Despite the loss, Columbia Independent still got an impressive performance from Blake Morris, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 boards. The contest was Morris' ninth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabe Martin, who went 5 for 9 en route to 13 points and five assists.

Missouri Military Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.8 points per game. As for Columbia Independent, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7.

Missouri Military Academy will square off against Calvary Lutheran on Friday. As for Columbia Independent, they will take on Christian Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Columbia Independent is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.4 points per game this season.