Basketball Recap: Highland Sets Scoring Season-High Against Gosnell

By Team Reports Jan 28, 2025, 12:31pm

Basketball Recap: Highland Rebels vs. Gosnell Pirates

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01/27/25 @ Gosnell64
12/27/24 @ Greenland62
01/09/25 vs Gosnell61
01/20/25 vs Westside57
01/16/25 @ Blytheville57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Highland). They breezed by the Gosnell Pirates to the tune of 64-37 on Monday. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while the Pirates are ranked 202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Highland's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Gosnell, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-14 record this season.

Highland will challenge Pocahontas at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Highland is facing Pocahontas at the right time seeing as Pocahontas is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Gosnell, they will square off against Westside at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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