Basketball Recap: Mt. Vernon Sets Scoring Season-High Against West Delaware

Mustangs

Team Score

01/28/25 vs West Delaware	72
01/07/25 @ South Tama County	67
01/10/25 vs Vinton-Shellsburg	61
12/20/24 @ West Delaware	61
12/06/24 @ Clinton	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mt. Vernon). They blew past the West Delaware Hawks, posting a 72-36 win. The Mustangs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 26 points or more this season.

Mt. Vernon's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.8 points. As for West Delaware, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season.

Mt. Vernon wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 82-76 loss against Center Point-Urbana on the 31st. West Delaware has also already played their next game (against Independence), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.