In what's become a running theme this season, the Batavia Bulldogs gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 57-34 margin over Central. The victory was nothing new for Batavia as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Brooke Carlson was her usual excellent self, scoring 18 points along with six steals. She is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last nine games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Addi Lowe, who scored four points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Defeat or not, Central got some senior leadership from Savannah Scheuer and Emersyn Fry. Scheuer scored nine points along with five rebounds, while Fry. scored seven points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Emma Payton, who scored eight points.
Batavia's win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.4 points per game. As for Central, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-15.
Batavia will take on Bartlett at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bartlett will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 324th, while Batavia is ranked fifth). As for Central, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Jacobs at 6:00 p.m. on February 9th. Hopefully Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Thursday.
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