Basketball Recap: Southwestern Skates Past Clarksville with Ease

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Southwestern on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Clarksville Generals out of the water with a 70-19 final score. The Rebels have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 31 points or more this season.

Brady Cook

Steals

12/27/24 vs Clarksville	5
12/20/24 @ Jac-Cen-Del	3
12/14/24 @ Batesville	0
12/13/24 @ New Washington	3
12/07/24 vs Columbus East	1

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Southwestern to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brady Cook, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 16 points and five steals. With that strong performance, Cook is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Kidwell, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.

Southwestern was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Clarksville only racked up one assist.

Clarksville's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Christian Lee, who posted seven points, and Josh Hall, who put up three points.

The victory was the fourth in a row for Southwestern, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points per game. As for Clarksville, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.

Coincidentally, Southwestern and Clarksville will both be playing Purdue Polytechnic the next time they take the court. Clarksville will head out to face Purdue Polytechnic at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, while Southwestern will play them later in the day, at 11:00 a.m.