Basketball Recap: Andrews Drops Highest Score of Season Against Summit Charter

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Team Score

01/14/25 @ Summit Charter	98
01/02/25 vs Nantahala	86
01/07/25 vs Blue Ridge Early College	83
11/26/24 vs Hiwassee Dam	74
12/04/24 vs Summit Charter	73

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Andrews). They blew past the Summit Charter Bears 98-27 on Tuesday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 62-18.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Andrews to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ty Clark, who shot 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten boards. Another player making a difference was Braxton Rickett, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Andrews smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive games.

Summit Charter lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Chance Wilson, who posted 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of August Stewart-Payne, who scored nine points.

Andrews has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.9 points per game. As for Summit Charter, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.

Andrews wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 69-38 victory against Hiwassee Dam on the 16th. Summit Charter has also already played their next game, a 77-39 loss against Swain County on the 15th.