Basketball Recap: Will Rogers College Drops Highest Score of Season Against Mcalester

Ropers

Team Score

02/04/25 @ McAlester	80
01/30/25 @ Tahlequah	79
12/10/24 vs Pryor	70
01/03/25 vs McAlester	65
12/17/24 vs Tahlequah	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Will Rogers College). They had just enough and edged the McAlester Buffaloes out 80-77. The victory was familiar territory for the Ropers who have now won five contests in a row.

Will Rogers College found their leader in sophomore Branden Crosslen, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Dkarrion Titsworth, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 12 points.

Will Rogers College smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in five consecutive matchups.

Will Rogers College is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.1 points per game. As for McAlester, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-10.

Will Rogers College has already played their next contest (against Coweta), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. McAlester will head out on the road to challenge Edison at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. McAlester knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Edison likes a good challenge.