Basketball Recap: Hawthorne Sets Scoring Season-High Against Pine Ridge

Hornets

Team Score

01/25/25 vs Pine Ridge	75
01/20/25 vs Lakeland	71
01/10/25 @ Dunnellon	68
12/20/24 vs P.K. Yonge	68
01/24/25 vs Bell Creek Academy	66

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hawthorne). They strolled past the Pine Ridge Panthers with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 75-60. Winning may never get old, but the Hornets sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hawthorne to victory, but perhaps none more so than Leland Johnson, who went 7 for 15 en route to 18 points. Chasion Wilson was another key player, going 5 of 8 on his way to 15 points and five boards.

Hawthorne smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in four consecutive games.

Several Panthers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Henry Robinson Jr, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. Robinson Jr is also on a roll when it comes to blocks, as he's now posted two or more in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Anthony Tedesco, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten boards.

Hawthorne's victory bumped their record up to 12-2. As for Pine Ridge, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost 12 of their last 15 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season.

Hawthorne wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 54-45 win against P.K. Yonge on the 27th. As for Pine Ridge, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 81-63 defeat against Atlantic on the 27th.