Basketball Recap: Middletown Drops Highest Score of Season Against Mt. Healthy

Middies

Team Score

01/27/25 @ Mt. Healthy	55
12/14/24 vs Colerain	51
12/02/24 @ Anderson	50
12/04/24 vs Lakota West	50
11/24/24 vs Lincoln	49

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Middletown). They really took it to the Mt. Healthy Fighting Owls for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-16 victory. The win was some much needed relief for the Middies as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak.

Middletown's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kenya Benson led the charge by putting up 15 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Benson a new career-high in points. Jamia Jones was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and 15 rebounds.

Middletown smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 27 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.

Middletown's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-11. As for Mt. Healthy, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-13.

Middletown will take on Fairfield at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Someone's luck will take a turn for the better: Middletown has lost three straight at home , while Fairfield has lost ten on the road. As for Mt. Healthy, they will venture away from home to challenge Northwest at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mt. Healthy is facing Northwest at the right time seeing as Northwest is stuck on a four-game losing streak.