Basketball Recap: Marked Tree Piles Up the Points Against Hillcrest

Indians

Margin (Wins)

11/14/24 vs Midland	70
01/07/25 vs Armorel	42
12/13/24 vs Crowley's Ridge Academy	39
12/16/24 @ Hillcrest	34
01/16/25 vs Hillcrest	34

Marked Tree had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 34-point drubbing they dealt Hillcrest on Thursday. The Marked Tree Indians blew past the Hillcrest Screamin Eagles 60-26. The Indians have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 25 points or more this season.

Marked Tree's win bumped their record up to 16-3. As for Hillcrest, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-14 record this season.

Marked Tree has already played their next game (against Izard County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Hillcrest will challenge Maynard at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.