Basketball Recap: Bristol Piles Up the Points Against Maplewood

Panthers

Team Score

01/10/25 vs Maplewood	87
12/27/24 @ Windham	79
12/17/24 @ Lordstown	78
12/10/24 vs St. John	77
12/06/24 vs John F. Kennedy Catholic	73

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bristol). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging an 87-57 victory over the Maplewood Rockets. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 20 points or more this season.

Several Rockets players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kenyan Clover, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance gave Clover a new career-high in points. Tyson Webster was another key player, putting up 12 points and three steals.

Bristol is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Maplewood, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-8.

Bristol will challenge Mathews at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bristol knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 contests -- so hopefully Mathews likes a good challenge. As for Maplewood, they will welcome Bloomfield at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.