Basketball Recap: Howard Sets Scoring Season-High Against Long Reach

Lions

Team Score

01/09/25 vs Long Reach	62
01/04/25 vs Marriotts Ridge	56
01/03/25 vs Marriotts Ridge	56
12/05/24 vs Oakland Mills	55
12/12/24 vs Atholton	52

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Howard). They walked away with a 62-52 victory over the Long Reach Lightning on Thursday. The win was familiar territory for the Lions who have now won four contests in a row.

Howard pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Long Reach, they now have a losing record at 3-4.

The future could be bright for both Howard and Long Reach: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Howard will try to hand St. John's Catholic Prep their fifth-straight loss when the two meet at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Long Reach will look to extend Marriotts Ridge's seven-game losing streak when the meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.