Basketball Recap: Elm Creek Sets Scoring Season-High Against Sumner-Eddyville-Miller

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elm Creek). They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs on Friday, sneaking past 69-67. The win was nothing new for the Buffaloes as they're now sitting on three straight.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Elm Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Quin Oberg, who went 7 of 16 en route to 20 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Oberg's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Shoemaker, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 boards.

Elm Creek smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in three consecutive games.

Sumner-Eddyville-Miller's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Preston Beattie, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 17 points along with three steals and three blocks. The dominant performance also gave Beattie a new career-high in assists (three). Chance Daake was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 22 points and nine boards.

Elm Creek's record now sits at 3-1. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.

Elm Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 50-39 victory against Ansley/Litchfield on the 14th. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 59-51 loss against Red Cloud on the 14th.