Basketball Recap: The Burlington School Drops Highest Score of Season Against Carolina Friends

Spartans

Team Score

02/05/25 vs Carolina Friends	83
01/28/25 vs Carolina Friends	80
01/31/25 @ Burlington Christian Academy	70
01/14/25 vs Cristo Rey Research Triangle	69
11/22/24 vs Freedom Christian Academy	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask The Burlington School). They really took it to the Carolina Friends Quakers for the full four quarters, racking up an 83-6 win. With the Spartans ahead 47-4 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

The Burlington School's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kamryn Russell led the charge by dropping a double-double on 24 points and 11 assists. Russell has become a key player for The Burlington School: the team is 6-2 when she posts at least eight assists, but 5-6 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Alaiyah Mitchell, who posted 16 points along with six assists and six steals.

Russell wasn't the only one working in the assists department: The Burlington School was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

The Burlington School is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.4 points per game. As for Carolina Friends, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-11.

As of now, neither The Burlington School nor Carolina Friends have any future games scheduled.