Basketball Recap: Summertown Piles Up the Points Against Battle Creek

Eagles

Team Score

12/13/24 vs Battle Creek	90
11/29/24 @ LEAD Academy	61
12/10/24 @ Spring Hill	57
11/23/24 vs Jackson Christian	55
12/02/24 @ Perry County	53

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Summertown). They claimed a resounding 90-16 win over the Battle Creek Grizzlies. With that victory, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 54.3 points per game.

Summertown was led to victory by Ella Busby and El-Lee Lu Mason. Busby went 6 for 12 on her way to 17 points and eight steals, while Mason posted nine points in addition to eight boards and seven assists. The dominant performance gave Busby a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Abbie Shaffer, who went 5 of 7 on her way to 11 points and three steals.

Summertown smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 26 offensive boards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive matchups.

Summertown's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Battle Creek, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-5.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Summertown will welcome Spring Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Summertown has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Battle Creek, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Grundy County at 2:30 p.m. on December 27th.