Basketball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Florence

By Team Reports Feb 4, 2025, 7:00am

Basketball Recap: Florence Eagles vs. Brookhaven Panthers

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You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Florence on Friday. They took down the Brookhaven Panthers 42-26. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Panthers are ranked 129th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Brookhaven lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Kema Roberts, who posted nine points and five rebounds.

Eagles

Previous 6 Games

01/31/25 vs Brookhaven42-26
01/28/25 vs North Pike46-45
01/25/25 @ Natchez31-27
01/17/25 @ Brookhaven46-32
01/10/25 @ North Pike53-45
01/04/25 @ Holmes County Central55-41

The win was the sixth in a row for Florence, bringing their record for this year to 10-2. As for Brookhaven, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-14.

Florence has already played their next match (against Brookhaven), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Brookhaven wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 44-42 victory against South Jones on the 3rd.

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