Basketball Recap: Columbus Drops Highest Score of Season Against New London

By Team Reports Dec 20, 2024, 12:10am

Basketball Recap: Columbus Wildcats vs. New London Tigers

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12/19/24 vs New London59
12/10/24 vs Highland53
12/17/24 vs Winfield-Mt. Union52
12/03/24 @ Lone Tree46
12/06/24 vs Hillcrest Academy28
12/09/24 @ Central Lee25

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbus). They walked away with a 59-49 victory over the New London Tigers on Thursday. For the Wildcats, this counts as revenge for the 65-52 win the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February.

Columbus' victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for New London, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Columbus will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Pekin at 7:30 p.m. on January 2, 2025. As for New London, they and Mediapolis will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played.

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