
Hornets
02/12/25 vs West Carroll | 80 |
12/16/24 vs Marquette | 72 |
12/02/24 @ Benton | 72 |
11/26/24 vs Pearl City | 70 |
01/09/25 vs Warren | 69 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Scales Mound). They blew past the West Carroll Thunder 80-48 on Wednesday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hornets had established a 21 point advantage.
Scales Mound's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Derrick Distler led the charge by going 10-for-21 to rack up 27 points. Payton Van Lent was another key player, going 7-for-11 en route to 16 points and six boards.
Scales Mound is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points over those games. As for West Carroll, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-20.
Scales Mound has already played their next contest, a 72-55 defeat against East Dubuque on the 14th. As for West Carroll, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 64-46 loss against River Ridge on the 13th.
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