Basketball Recap: Fisher Sets Scoring Season-High Against Flanagan/Woodland

Bunnies

Team Score

12/12/24 vs Flanagan/Woodland	67
12/06/24 vs Martinsville	61
12/07/24 @ Cerro Gordo/Bement	57
12/07/24 vs Shelbyville	52
11/20/24 vs Paxton-Buckley-Loda	45

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fisher). They walked away with a 67-56 victory over the Flanagan/Woodland Falcons on Thursday. Winning may never get old, but the Bunnies sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.

Despite the loss, Flanagan/Woodland still got an impressive performance from Ella Derossett, who almost dropped a double-double on 42 points and nine boards. That was a full 75% of Flanagan/Woodland's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Palaschak, who earned nine points and six assists.

Fisher has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Flanagan/Woodland, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-6.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fisher will take on Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in a holiday battle at at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Fisher surely won't give up without a fight. As for Flanagan/Woodland, they will venture away from home to take on El Paso-Gridley at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.