
Ingots
01/25/25 vs South Newton | 78 |
12/20/24 vs Illiana Christian | 69 |
01/11/25 vs Calumet New Tech | 64 |
11/27/24 @ Tri-Township | 64 |
01/17/25 @ Hammond Bishop Noll | 62 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask River Forest). They claimed a resounding 78-35 victory over the South Newton Rebels. The Ingots have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 21 points or more this season.
River Forest's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Levi Harper led the charge by putting up ten points and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Walker, who posted nine points.
River Forest was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
South Newton's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Matthew Armstrong, who went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points in addition to seven boards and three steals, and Colton Marks, who scored 11 points and five rebounds. Aidan Mattox also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steals of the season.
The win made it two in a row for River Forest and bumps their season record up to 8-4. As for South Newton, they dropped their record down to 1-11 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road.
River Forest will host Westville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Westville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.1 points per game this season. As for South Newton, they will challenge Tri-County at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Tri-County also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 50.2 points per game.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps