Basketball Recap: Van Buren Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

Black Knights

Previous 3 Games

01/31/25 vs Pandora-Gilboa	58-51
01/25/25 vs Kenton	62-26
01/24/25 @ Riverdale	47-36

Van Buren had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 58-51 win over the Pandora-Gilboa Rockets. For the Black Knights, this counts as revenge for the 64-43 victory the Rockets walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2024.

Van Buren is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.4 points per game. As for Pandora-Gilboa, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season.

Van Buren has already played their next contest (against Ridgemont), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Pandora-Gilboa has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Columbus Grove.