Basketball Recap: Concord Piles Up the Points Against Jimtown

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Concord's strategy against Jimtown on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Concord Minutemen blew the Jimtown Jimmies out of the water with a 53-21 final score. The Minutemen pushed the score to 38-9 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jimmies had little chance of recovering from.

Concord's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Shelby Emerick, who went 6 of 12 on her way to 14 points and four steals. Emerick is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last six games she's played. Halle Ganger was another key player, putting up nine points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals.

Concord was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jimtown only posted five assists.

Despite the loss, Jimtown saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lily Gaugler posted ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Steele, who scored four points and eight boards.

Minutemen

Previous 4 Games

01/14/25 @ Jimtown	53-21
01/11/25 vs Goshen	54-30
01/07/25 vs West Noble	50-16
12/21/24 @ Mishawaka	58-22

The win (which was Concord's fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-10. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 29.5% in those games and 19.5% outside of them. As for Jimtown, they dropped their record down to 1-17 with the defeat, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.

Concord has already played their next match, a 41-30 loss against Plymouth on the 18th. As for Jimtown, they will challenge Goshen at 6:30 p.m. on January 21st. Jimtown is facing Goshen at the right time seeing as Goshen is stuck on a four-game losing streak.