Basketball Recap: Morgan City Drops Season-High Score on A.J. Ellender

Tigers

Team Score

01/28/25 vs A.J. Ellender	61
12/14/24 @ Centerville	57
01/14/25 vs Hanson Memorial	50
12/05/24 @ Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy	49
11/22/24 vs Patterson	46

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morgan City). They breezed by the A.J. Ellender Patriots to the tune of 61-23 on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their 25-point performance the matchup before.

Morgan City's victory bumped their record up to 7-9. As for A.J. Ellender, they are on a 19-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-15.

Morgan City and A.J. Ellender could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Louisiana Rankings. Morgan City will square off against Vandebilt Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Friday down 271 places (284 vs. 13). Meanwhile, A.J. Ellender (ranked 345th) will meet South Lafourche (ranked 119th) at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.