Basketball Recap: Melrose Skates Past Hamilton with Ease

Golden Wildcats

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Hamilton	54
12/10/24 vs Mitchell	52
12/02/24 @ Fairley	50
01/17/25 @ Power Center Academy	47
01/07/25 @ Booker T. Washington	40

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Melrose). They breezed by the Hamilton Wildcats to the tune of 54-12 on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Golden Wildcats with their most commanding win of the season.

Melrose's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-7. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.7 points per game. As for Hamilton, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-12.

Melrose has already played their next contest (against Kirby), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Hamilton will venture away from home to take on Ridgeway at 6:00 p.m. on January 31st. Ridgeway will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Hamilton surely won't give up without a fight.