Royce Thompson
| 02/15/25 @ North Newton | 30 |
| 01/27/24 @ Lake Station Edison | 26 |
| 01/17/25 @ Hammond Bishop Noll | 19 |
| 01/24/24 vs Griffith | 19 |
| 12/28/23 vs Lake Station Edison | 19 |
River Forest had won two straight road games and Royce Thompson did his part to make it three on Saturday. The River Forest Ingots put the hurt on the North Newton Spartans with a sharp 62-38 win thanks in part to Thompson, who went 13-for-15 to rack up 30 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.
North Newton lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Adan Castleberry, who posted nine points. Nicholas Bartrom was another key player, putting up four points and six boards.
River Forest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.7 points over those games. As for North Newton, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-16.
Coming up, River Forest will head out on the road to face off against Lowell at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. River Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.5 points per game this season. As for North Newton, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 59-48 defeat against South Newton on the 18th.
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