Basketball Recap: Fayetteville Sets Scoring Season-High Against Dime Box

Lions

Team Score

01/21/25 @ Dime Box	74
12/17/24 vs Dime Box	60
12/05/24 vs Somerville	54
01/07/25 @ Richards	45
12/31/24 vs Giddings	45

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fayetteville). They really took it to the Dime Box Longhorns for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-29 win. The Lions pushed the score to 63-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Longhorns had no chance of recovering from.

Fayetteville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cambree Denham led the charge by dropping a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards. That's the most points Denham has posted since back in January of 2024. Another player making a difference was Devynn Moeckel, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Dime Box's loss on Tuesday came despite strong showings from Ta'Niyah Auston and Heather Fritsche. Auston posted 14 points, while Fritsche scored seven points. That was a full 48.3% of Dime Box's points, marking the 15th time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points.

Fayetteville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-15 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.9 points per game. As for Dime Box, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-13.

Fayetteville wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 48-18 victory against North Zulch on the 24th. As for Dime Box, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 48-28 win against Calvert on the 24th.