Basketball Recap: Jake Dillon Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Shelton

Thunderbirds

Margin (Wins)

12/27/24 vs Montesano	46
12/13/24 vs Tenino	32
12/16/24 @ Kelso	30
12/20/24 @ Capital	30
01/10/25 @ Centralia	29

Tumwater won the last time they faced Shelton and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Tumwater Thunderbirds blew past the Shelton Highclimbers 49-24. The Thunderbirds have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 22 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tumwater to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jake Dillon, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Overbay, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 14 boards.

Tumwater pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Shelton, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

Tumwater will head out to challenge WF West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tumwater is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.4 points per game this season. As for Shelton, they will welcome Black Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Black Hills has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.