Basketball Recap: Brookside Sets Scoring Season-High Against Oberlin

Cardinals

Team Score

02/04/25 @ Oberlin	99
01/10/25 vs Firelands	95
12/20/24 @ Wellington	94
01/24/25 @ Clearview	92
12/10/24 vs Clearview	85

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brookside). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat the Oberlin The Phoenix 99-61. The Cardinals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 20 points or more this season.

Despite the loss, Oberlin still got an impressive performance from Josiah Bowen-Pride, who went 7 of 10 en route to 15 points and six rebounds. Bowen-Pride's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carmello Williams, who posted seven points in addition to six boards and three steals.

Brookside is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 85.4 points per game. As for Oberlin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10.

Brookside will square off against Wellington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Oberlin, they will face off against Clearview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oberlin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.4 points per game this season.