Basketball Recap: Forbes Road Drops Highest Score of Season Against Claysburg-Kimmel

Forbes Road

Team Score

01/30/25 vs Claysburg-Kimmel	60
12/18/24 vs Hancock	57
01/09/25 vs Southern Fulton	52
12/16/24 @ Rockwood	49
01/04/25 vs Belleville Mennonite	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forbes Road). They enjoyed a cozy 60-41 victory over the Claysburg-Kimmel Bulldogs on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Forbes Road considering their 23-point performance the game before.

Claysburg-Kimmel lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Zailee Bush, who posted 19 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. That was a full 46.3% of Claysburg-Kimmel's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Bailey Tipton, who had 15 points.

Forbes Road moved to 6-12 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Claysburg-Kimmel, they dropped their record down to 6-12 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Forbes Road won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Hancock at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Claysburg-Kimmel, they will also get right back to it: they'll challenge Southern Fulton at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.