Basketball Recap: Great Crossing Sets Scoring Season-High Against Western Hills

Great Crossing

Team Score

01/14/25 @ Western Hills	102
01/11/25 vs Cathedral	89
12/07/24 vs W.E.B. DuBois Academy	87
12/23/24 vs Bishop McNamara	86
12/02/24 vs Blazer	95

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Great Crossing). They really took it to the Western Hills Wolverines for the full four quarters, racking up a 102-55 victory. The win was nothing new for Great Crossing as they're now sitting on six straight.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Great Crossing to victory, but perhaps none more so than Vince Dawson, who went 10 for 16 on his way to 23 points. Dawson continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was LJ Holman, who went 9 of 10 en route to 19 points and five assists.

Great Crossing smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in five consecutive matches.

Great Crossing has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.4 points per game. As for Western Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.

Coincidentally, Great Crossing and Western Hills will both be playing Frankfort the next time they take the court. Great Crossing will head out to face Frankfort at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, while Western Hills will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.