Make it seven blowout wins for the Methodist Children's Home Bulldogs this season. They breezed by Flint Academy on the road to the tune of 73-15 on Thursday. While fans of Methodist Children's Home might be used to big wins, the 58-point margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
It was another big night for Londen Bickham, who scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. He has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 13 times he's played. Daraun Taylor was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with five steals.
Mason Olson and Ben Carlton certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Olson scored seven points along with 11 rebounds and four blocks, while Carlton scored four points along with ten rebounds and six steals. Olson is crushing the rebound category: he's posted at least ten every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Joseph Lewis, who scored two points along with eight rebounds and four blocks.
Methodist Children's Home's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Flint Academy, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
Methodist Children's Home and the Falcons will face off on January 29th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Flint Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. As for they, they will head out on the road to challenge Hill. Hopefully Hill focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Wednesday.
