Basketball Recap: Essex Tech Drops Season-High Score on Salem

Hawks

Team Score

01/22/25 vs Salem	68
12/30/24 @ Lynn English	59
01/20/25 vs Rockport	51
01/15/25 @ Ipswich	41
12/13/24 @ Rockport	37

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Essex Tech). They breezed by the Salem Witches to the tune of 68-21 on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Essex Tech has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.0 points per game. As for Salem, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Essex Tech didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 39-23 defeat against Newburyport on the 24th. Salem has also already played their next match (against Revere), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.