Basketball Recap: Crestview Drops Season-High Score on Champion

Rebels

Team Score

01/06/25 vs Champion	77
12/10/24 @ Jackson-Milton	55
12/14/24 @ Brookfield	54
12/28/24 vs Varsity Opponent	53
12/02/24 vs Springfield	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crestview). They enjoyed a cozy 77-62 victory over the Champion Golden Flashes on Monday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rebels considering their 22-point performance the game before.

Crestview's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jonathan Best, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 20 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jameson English, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten assists.

Best wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Crestview was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Champion's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Damien Wickham, who went 8 of 16 on his way to 23 points, and Mike Miller, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 17 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Williams, who posted 14 points.

Crestview's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-7. As for Champion, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Crestview will welcome Garfield at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Garfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 65.3 points per game this season. As for Champion, they will host Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Champion has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.