Basketball Recap: Spearville Piles Up the Points Against Ashland

Lancers

Margin (Wins)

02/14/25 @ Ashland	64
12/20/24 vs Pawnee Heights	54
01/28/25 vs Satanta	42
02/11/25 @ Ingalls	40
02/04/25 vs Satanta	32

Spearville won the last time they faced Ashland and things went their way on Friday too. The Spearville Lancers breezed past the Ashland Blue Jays to the tune of 80-16. The Lancers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 22 points or more this season.

Leading Spearville to victory were Ian Melendez and Danny Alcala. Melendez went 13-for-15 on his way to 32 points, while Alcala went 6-for-7 en route to 21 points in addition to five boards and four steals. What's more, Melendez also posted a 87% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's achieved since back in December of 2024. Josh Kolbeck was another key player, putting up five points along with seven assists and three steals.

Spearville was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Spearville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37.2 points. As for Ashland, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11.

Coming up, Spearville will face off against South Gray at 8:00 p.m. on February 21st. Ashland has already played their next match (against Minneola), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.