Basketball Recap: Garaway Sets Scoring Season-High Against Newcomerstown

Pirates

Team Score

01/10/25 @ Newcomerstown	85
12/17/24 @ Minerva	81
12/03/24 vs West Holmes	81
12/31/24 vs Strasburg-Franklin	68
12/06/24 vs Malvern	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garaway). They blew past the Newcomerstown Trojans 85-49 on Friday. The Pirates pushed the score to 64-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans had little chance of recovering from.

Garaway's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points per game. As for Newcomerstown, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-8 record this season.

Garaway won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Martins Ferry at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday. Garaway is facing Martins Ferry at the right time seeing as Martins Ferry is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Newcomerstown, they and Tuslaw will face off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.