Basketball Recap: Van Buren Picks Up Fifth Consecutive Victory

Black Knights

Previous 5 Games

02/05/25 @ Perry	50-31
02/01/25 @ Ridgemont	62-58
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 four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They strolled past the Perry Commodores with points to spare, taking the game 50-31. Given the Black Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Commodores are ranked 731st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Van Buren is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.7 points per game. As for Perry, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-15.

Van Buren will be playing in front of their home fans against Vanlue at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Van Buren's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Vanlue has been banged up by eight consecutive losses on the road. Perry has already played their next contest (against Waynesfield-Goshen), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.