Basketball Recap: North Baltimore Extends Home Winning Streak to Three

Ottawa Hills came into Saturday's contest looking for another win against North Baltimore, but Lacie Allison wouldn't allow it. The North Baltimore Tigers put the hurt on the Ottawa Hills Green Bears with a sharp 60-36 victory on Saturday thanks in part to Allison, who shot 6-for-10 from deep and dropped a double-double on 31 points and 12 boards. That makes it 14 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of North Baltimore's points.

Aubrey Cotterman was another key player, putting up 12 points and five rebounds. Those 12 points gave her a new career-high.

Ottawa Hills lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Lily Berenzweig, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards. Ottawa Hills is 8-4 when Berenzweig posts ten or more rebounds, but 3-4 otherwise. Ana Perozek also deserves some recognition as she posted her first assist of the season.

North Baltimore pushed their record up to 10-6 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.7 points per game. As for Ottawa Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-8.

North Baltimore will be playing in front of their home fans against Ridgedale at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ottawa Hills has already played their next game (against Rogers), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.