The Mulberry Grove Aces are taking a road trip to square off against North Clay/Clay City at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Mulberry Grove is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Ramsey: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mulberry Grove blew Ramsey out of the water with a 73-33 final score. With the Aces ahead 43-20 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
02/21/25 vs Ramsey | 20 |
02/17/25 @ Gillespie | 19 |
02/15/25 @ Neoga | 26 |
02/14/25 vs Farina South Central | 21 |
02/11/25 @ Ramsey | 31 |
+ 5 more games |
It was another big night for Jackson Icenogle, who went 6-for-11 en route to 20 points in addition to eight boards and three blocks. The game was his tenth in a row with at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Landon Sugg, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Clay/Clay City waltzed into their matchup on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 71-58.
North Clay/Clay City's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 80.4 points over those games. As for Mulberry Grove, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-17.
Mulberry Grove might still be hurting after the 61-41 loss they got from North Clay/Clay City when the teams last played back in December of 2019. Can Mulberry Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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