Basketball Recap: Beech Grove Drops Highest Score of Season Against Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter

Hornets

Team Score

01/28/25 vs Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter	72
01/18/25 vs Monrovia	71
01/21/25 vs Indianapolis Arsenal Technical	70
12/10/24 @ Indianapolis Lutheran	55
12/03/24 vs Perry Meridian	55

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Beech Grove). They blew past the Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter Raiders 72-31 on Tuesday. With the Hornets ahead 45-12 at the half, the game was all but over already.

It was another big night for Mylee Boling, who dropped a double-double on 36 points and 14 boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last seven games she's played. Mariyah Marshall was another key player, putting up ten points and three steals.

Beech Grove was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter only posted five assists.

Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Zita Eke, who went 5 for 10 en route to 11 points and eight rebounds, and Lilly Butler, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 10 points and five boards.

Beech Grove has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-12.

Beech Grove has already played their next contest, a 52-31 loss against Triton Central on the 30th. As for Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, they will take on Covenant Christian at 7:30 p.m. on February 4th. Covenant Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.5 points per game this season.