Basketball Recap: Little Axe Drops Season-High Score on Stratford

Indians

Team Score

01/21/25 vs Stratford	81
12/13/24 @ Non Varsity Tournament Opponent	76
01/17/25 @ Wynnewood	73
12/10/24 vs Wayne	73
12/14/24 @ Oklahoma City Knights HomeSchool	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Little Axe). They took down the Stratford Bulldogs 81-64 on Tuesday. Winning may never get old, but the Indians sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.

Despite the loss, Stratford still got an impressive performance from Carson Owens, who went 12 for 24 en route to 27 points along with five assists and three steals. Those 27 points gave Owens a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Smithwick, who posted 15 points and five rebounds.

Little Axe is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.1 points per game. As for Stratford, they now have a losing record at 6-7.

Little Axe has already played their next game (against Santa Fe South), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Stratford wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 59-46 victory against Maud on the 23rd.