Basketball Recap: Cambridge Extends Winning Streak to Two

Cambridge won the last time they faced Maywood/Hayes Center, and Brady Ahlemeyer did his part to make sure it happened again. The Cambridge Trojans strolled past the Maywood/Hayes Center Wolves with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 54-40 thanks in part to Ahlemeyer, who went 9 of 15 on his way to 22 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Cambridge's points.

The team also got some help courtesy of Hodge Raburn, who posted five points along with eight rebounds and seven steals. Those seven steals gave him a new career-high.

Despite the loss, Maywood/Hayes Center still got an impressive performance from Jaxson Anders, who went 6 of 15 en route to 17 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Sawyer Dibbern, who had four points and seven rebounds.

The win made it two in a row for Cambridge and bumps their season record up to 3-6. As for Maywood/Hayes Center, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-3.

Cambridge won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Paxton at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Paxton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.5 points per game this season. As for Maywood/Hayes Center, they will take on Hi-Line [Eustis-Farnam/Elwood] at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.