In what's become a running theme this season, the Cromwell Cardinals gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They blew past Pine River-Backus 75-45 on the road. Given Cromwell's advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while Pine River-Backus is ranked 264th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Cromwell to victory were Emaleigh Olesiak and Isabella Anderson. Olesiak went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 18 points and 2 assists, while Anderson dropped a double-double on 21 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Olesiak has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyra Granholm, who scored nine points.
The win made it two in a row for Cromwell and bumps their season record up to 17-7. As for Pine River-Backus, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-16.
Cromwell will head out on the road to take on Floodwood at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Cromwell focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Thursday. As for Pine River-Backus, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Laporte at 7:30 p.m. Pine River-Backus is facing Laporte at the right time seeing as Laporte is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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