Basketball Recap: Tremont Drops Highest Score of Season Against Flanagan-Cornell

Turks

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Flanagan-Cornell	94
01/07/25 @ Ridgeview	82
12/20/24 @ Olympia	81
12/26/24 vs Midwest Central	78
12/27/24 vs Calvary	76

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tremont). They breezed by the Flanagan-Cornell Falcons to the tune of 94-65 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Turks have posted against the Falcons since January 27, 2017.

When it comes to explaining why Flanagan-Cornell lost, don't look at Logan Ruddy. Despite the final result, he went 11 of 23 on his way to 28 points and eight rebounds. Ruddy has been hot, having also posted two or more blocks the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Connor Reed, who posted 13 points in addition to seven boards and five assists.

Tremont has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points per game. As for Flanagan-Cornell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-6.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Tremont will take on El Paso-Gridley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tremont will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak. As for Flanagan-Cornell, they will face off against Ridgeview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Flanagan-Cornell is facing Ridgeview at the right time seeing as Ridgeview is stuck on a three-game losing streak.