Basketball Recap: Harding Snags Third Win in Last Four Games

Yomar Castellano

Points (Career)

01/31/25 @ Maplewood	34
01/10/25 @ Windham	33
11/27/24 @ Harvey	33
12/10/24 vs Maplewood	27
02/09/24 vs St. John	26

Harding won the last time they faced Maplewood, and Yomar Castellano did his part to make sure it happened again. The Harding Skippers breezed by the Maplewood Rockets to the tune of 78-45 on Friday thanks in part to Castellano, who posted 34 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.

Harding is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for Maplewood, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season.

Harding will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Badger at 7:00 p.m. Harding is facing Badger at the right time seeing as Badger is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Maplewood, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 67-49 loss against St. John on the 1st.