Basketball Recap: Bloom Skates Past Thornridge with Ease

Blazing Trojan

Margin (Wins)

01/11/25 vs Corliss	59
11/25/24 vs Longwood	39
01/14/25 vs Thornridge	38
02/07/25 @ Thornridge	33
12/17/24 @ Thornwood	32

Bloom won the last time they faced Thornridge and things went their way on Friday too. The Bloom Blazing Trojan simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Thornridge Falcons 81-48. The Blazing Trojan have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 23 points or more this season.

Joe Jones was Bloom's leading scorer, having posted three points. Jones also led the team in rebounds with three.

The win made it two in a row for Bloom and bumps their season record up to 16-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points over those games. As for Thornridge, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 5-18 record this season.

Bloom has already played their next game, a 66-45 victory against Lincoln-Way East on the 10th. We've got a battle between Falcons coming up. Harlan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.6 points per game this season.