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Newton County Newton

Cougars

Tigers

The Newton (MS) varsity basketball team won Monday's home tournament game against Newton County (Decatur, MS) by a score of 30-25.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newton County	-	-	-	-	25
Newton	-	-	-	-	30

Final score provided by S. Corrections.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Newton nips Newton County

December 18, 2023: Newton, MS 39345

Newton Tigers (Newton, MS) backers were in high spirits Monday as they witnessed their basketball squad tip the visiting Newton County Cougars (Decatur, MS), 30-25 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Newton upgrades its record to 11-2 on the season. The Tigers host Kemper County (DeKalb, MS) to play the Wildcats in a non-league bout on Thursday, December 21. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 3-2.

Next up, the Cougars play the Humphreys County Cowboys (Belzoni, MS) in a non-league bout, on Friday, December 22. Newton County will attempt to upgrade on its 4-5 season record. The Cowboys go into the bout with a 5-7 record after their 63-60 non-league win over South Delta (Rolling Fork, MS).

Newton County @ Newton Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 18, 2023 @ 4:30p

The Newton (MS) varsity basketball team won Monday's home tournament game against Newton County (Decatur, MS) by a score of 30-25.

Rankings & Records

Newton County (23-24)

MS	Class
77	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-12	5-5	7-4	5-7	1-1	.520	.500	1,000	1,092

Newton (23-24)

MS	Class
65	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-7	6-2	11-2	9-4	0-1	.741	.750	1,203	893

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newton County	7.4	7.6	11.0	6.8	40.0
Newton	6.0	13.5	10.5	11.0	44.6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newton County	4-3		Newton	7-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/17/23	Newton County	Quitman	(L) 62-27	1/13/24	Quitman	Newton	(L) 58-43
12/1/23	Quitman	Newton County	(L) 41-33
12/5/23	Newton County	Lake	(W) 36-33	1/16/24	Lake	Newton
				1/22/24	Lake	Newton	(W) 41-23
				1/30/24	Newton	Lake	(W) 43-40
				2/8/24	Lake	Newton	(W) 60-47
12/12/23	Kemper County	Newton County	(W) 39-28	12/15/23	Newton	Kemper County	(L) 47-44
				12/21/23	Kemper County	Newton	(W) 54-33
12/15/23	Southeast Lauderdale	Newton County	(W) 45-34	12/1/23	Newton	Southeast Lauderdale	(W) 55-35
1/12/24	Newton County	Northeast Lauderdale	(L) 49-44	11/16/23	Northeast Lauderdale	Newton	(W) 49-36
1/30/24	Northeast Lauderdale	Newton County	(W) 37-28	12/5/23	Newton	Northeast Lauderdale	(W) 41-29

Record Breakdown

Newton County (23-24)		Newton (23-24)
13-12	Overall	20-7
5-5	League	7-3
7-4	Non-League	11-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-3	Common Opponent	7-2
7-4	Home	11-2
5-7	Away	9-4
1-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
13-12	In-State	18-7
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0