Basketball Recap: Armstrong Drops Season-High Score on Hoopeston

Trojans

Team Score (Highest)

02/07/25 vs Hoopeston	83
01/16/25 vs Cissna Park	81
12/26/24 @ Heritage	81
11/29/24 vs Tri-Point	81
12/14/24 @ Judah Christian	76

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Armstrong). They put the hurt on the Hoopeston Cornjerkers with a sharp 83-61 win on Friday. The Trojans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.

Hoopeston's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Zach Huchel, who went 7 of 17 en route to 21 points, and Trenton Montez, who went 7 for 14 to rack up 17 points along with seven boards and five assists. Huchel continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Judy, who posted seven points and five rebounds.

Armstrong has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points over those games. As for Hoopeston, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.

Looking ahead, Armstrong will square off against Chrisman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Hoopeston, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 61-50 defeat against Westville on the 8th.