Basketball Recap: Knoxville Skates Past Peoria Heights with Ease

A well-balanced attack led Knoxville over Peoria Heights in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Knoxville Blue Bullets blew the Peoria Heights Patriots out of the water with a 67-34 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-16.

When it comes to explaining why Peoria Heights lost, don't look at Sylvia Thornton. Despite the final result, she almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine boards. That was a full 85.3% of Peoria Heights' points, marking the 14th time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Blue Bullets

Previous 3 Games

01/28/25 @ Peoria Heights	67-34
01/27/25 vs Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	65-38
01/22/25 @ ROWVA/Williamsfield	74-24

The victory was the third in a row for Knoxville, bringing their record for this year to 11-10. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.7 points per game. As for Peoria Heights, they are on a 26-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-25.

Knoxville wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 66-50 loss against Abingdon/Avon on the 29th. As for Peoria Heights, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 49-45 defeat against Peoria Christian on the 3rd.