Basketball Recap: Greenville Sets Scoring Season-High Against East Alton-Wood River

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Team Score

01/08/25 vs East Alton-Wood River	66
12/13/24 @ Gillespie	63
12/26/24 vs Okaw Valley	59
12/21/24 vs Christ Our Rock Lutheran	59
12/26/24 vs Meridian	55

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greenville). They really took it to the East Alton-Wood River Oilers for the full four quarters, racking up a 66-36 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 39-14.

East Alton-Wood River lost on Wednesday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jordyn Spiller, who posted 11 points and seven boards. Tamarion Marshall was another key player, going 7 of 14 on his way to 16 points.

The win (which was Greenville's seventh in a row) raised their record to 12-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for East Alton-Wood River, their loss was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-16.

Greenville will square off against Nashville at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for East Alton-Wood River, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 70-26 defeat against Breese Central on the 11th.