Basketball Recap: Central Aroostook Sets Scoring Season-High Against Van Buren

Panthers

Team Score

01/31/25 vs Van Buren	89
01/27/25 @ Southern Aroostook	85
12/14/24 @ Lee Academy	80
01/20/25 @ Washburn	79
01/24/25 @ Fort Kent	74

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central Aroostook). They blew past the Van Buren Crusaders 89-26 on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Crusaders are ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Central Aroostook, bringing their record for this year to 9-8. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.5 points per game. As for Van Buren, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-17.

Central Aroostook will square off against Hodgdon at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Aroostook has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Van Buren, they will challenge East Grand at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Van Buren is facing East Grand at the right time seeing as East Grand is stuck on a six-game losing streak.