Basketball Recap: Northwest Piles Up the Points Against East

Grizzlies

Margin (Wins)

12/10/24 @ North	75
02/04/25 vs North	57
01/28/25 @ South	37
01/24/25 vs Newton	29
02/11/25 @ East	27

It was a classic East v. West duel when Northwest challenged East on Tuesday. The Northwest Grizzlies breezed past the East Aces to the tune of 75-48. The Grizzlies have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 20 points or more this season.

River Peters continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8-for-11 to rack up 20 points and eight boards. The contest was his fifth in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dj Brown, who posted 12 points and six rebounds.

Northwest was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East only posted seven assists.

Despite the loss, East had strong showings from Kamarion Bodney, who went 6-for-13 en route to 15 points and five boards, and Jaylen Phillips-Grey, who scored 11 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Bodney a new career-high in points.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Northwest, bringing their record for this year to 13-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32 points. As for East, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-8.

Northwest didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 67-56 win against Bishop Carroll on the 14th. As for East, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 62-47 defeat against Heights on the 14th.