Basketball Recap: Mclean Skates Past Groom with Ease

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

01/11/25 vs Groom	56
12/13/24 vs Lefors	47
11/25/24 vs Kelton	42
11/19/24 @ Pringle-Morse	41
12/06/24 vs Highland Park	38

McLean had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 73-17 win over the Groom Tigers. McLean has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 21 points or more this season.

McLean's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kasidy Russell led the charge by dropping a double-double on 25 points and 12 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Russell has scored at least a third of McLean's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hailo Moon, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds.

McLean was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

McLean's victory bumped their record up to 18-3. As for Groom, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-10 record this season.

McLean has already played their next contest, a 59-39 win against Claude on the 14th. Groom has also already played their next match (against Hedley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.