Basketball Recap: Sacred Heart-Griffin Piles Up the Points Against Urbana

Cyclones

Team Score

12/17/24 vs Urbana	79
11/30/24 vs Decatur Eisenhower	70
11/29/24 vs Springfield Southeast	69
12/14/24 @ Peoria Notre Dame	62
11/27/24 vs Manual	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sacred Heart-Griffin). They blew past the Urbana Tigers 79-51 on Tuesday. The Cyclones have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 26 points or more this season.

Sacred Heart-Griffin has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points per game. As for Urbana, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Sacred Heart-Griffin will head out to challenge Glenwood at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sacred Heart-Griffin has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. Urbana and Peoria Notre Dame will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Urbana is facing Peoria Notre Dame at the right time seeing as Peoria Notre Dame is stuck on a three-game losing streak.