Basketball Recap: North Shore Drops Season-High Score on Goose Creek Memorial

Mustangs

Team Score

12/17/24 vs Goose Creek Memorial	70
11/21/24 vs McCallum	69
12/13/24 @ Kingwood	57
11/25/24 vs Clear Springs	57
12/03/24 vs Jersey Village	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Shore). They breezed by the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots to the tune of 70-38 on Tuesday. The Mustangs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 21 points or more this season.

Despite the defeat, Goose Creek Memorial saw an underclassman step up: freshman Carinne Bouie went 5 of 10 on her way to 13 points in addition to eight boards and four blocks. Those four blocks gave Bouie a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Madyson Dumphy, who posted 11 points and three steals.

The win (which was North Shore's third in a row) raised their record to 16-6. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Goose Creek Memorial, they dropped their record down to 7-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. North Shore and Channelview will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Shore is facing Channelview at the right time seeing as Channelview is stuck on an 11-game losing streak. Goose Creek Memorial will take on Summer Creek in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Summer Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Goose Creek Memorial likes a good challenge.