Basketball Recap: Northwest Drops Highest Score of Season Against Howardsville Christian

Mounties

Team Score

12/28/24 vs Howardsville Christian	73
12/20/24 @ Pinckney	64
12/13/24 vs Western	61
12/06/24 vs Pennfield	44
12/16/24 @ Chelsea	40

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest). Everything went their way against the Howardsville Christian Eagles on Saturday as the Northwest Mounties made off with a 73-51 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-17.

Northwest is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.5 points per game. As for Howardsville Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-7 record this season.

Northwest and Howardsville Christian could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings. Northwest (ranked 386th) will meet Tecumseh (ranked 156th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Howardsville Christian will challenge St. Philip Catholic Central at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday down 368 places (455 vs. 87).