Basketball Recap: Beech Grove Drops Season-High Score on Monrovia

Hornets

Team Score

01/18/25 vs Monrovia	71
12/03/24 vs Perry Meridian	55
12/10/24 @ Indianapolis Lutheran	55
11/19/24 vs Indianapolis Lutheran	53
11/15/24 @ Indianapolis Scecina Memorial	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Beech Grove). They walked away with a 71-61 win over the Monrovia Bulldogs on Saturday. The Hornets have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Beech Grove to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mylee Boling, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 14 boards. Boling is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. Emma Micks was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.

Beech Grove smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.

Monrovia's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Zoie Walls, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 boards. Monrovia is 6-1 when Walls posts eight or more rebounds, but 4-6 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Emery Newlin, who went 5 for 11 on her way to 17 points and three steals.

The victory got Beech Grove back to even at 9-9. As for Monrovia, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 10-7 record.

Beech Grove wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 70-10 win against Indianapolis Arsenal Technical on the 21st. Monrovia has also already played their next contest, a 63-12 victory against Indianapolis Lutheran on the 20th.