Basketball Recap: Newton Drops Highest Score of Season Against Lakeland Regional

Braves

Team Score

01/30/25 vs Lakeland Regional	67
01/20/25 vs Sussex County Tech	65
01/06/25 vs North Warren Regional	60
12/17/24 vs Hopatcong	59
12/30/24 vs Pope John XXIII	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newton). They took their match on Thursday with ease, bagging a 67-35 victory over the Lakeland Regional Lancers. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Newton's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-8. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Lakeland Regional, they are on a 15-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-15.

Newton has already played their next contest (against Whippany Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lakeland Regional will face off against Bergen Charter at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.