| 01/14/25 vs Bayard | 49-40 |
| 01/11/25 vs Crawford | 59-54 |
| 01/10/25 @ Hyannis | 34-26 |
| 01/03/25 @ Sioux County | 58-32 |
Morrill entered their tilt with Bayard on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 49-40 victory over the Bayard Tigers. That's more bragging rights for the Lions, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morrill to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ashwin Pittman, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Pittman has scored at least a third of Morrill's points. Another player making a difference was Wyler Fisher, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds.
Bayard lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Connor Cochran, who went 5 for 7 en route to 12 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Cochran a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Edmunds, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points.
Morrill has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Bayard, they dropped their record down to 1-10 with the defeat, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Morrill has already played their next contest (against Minatare), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Bayard will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Leyton at 7:00 p.m. Bayard is facing Leyton at the right time seeing as Leyton is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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