Basketball Recap: Izard County Gets the Win

Cougars

Previous 4 Games

01/15/25 @ Rivercrest	74-73
01/06/25 @ Marked Tree	50-38
01/04/25 vs Trumann	68-28
01/03/25 vs Harding Academy	52-38

Izard County came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they left with even more momentum. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 74-73 win over the Rivercrest Colts. That's more bragging rights for the Cougars, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Izard County has also been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points per game. As for Rivercrest, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 10-4.

Izard County has already played their next match (against Cotter), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Rivercrest has already played their next game, a 51-31 victory against Hoxie on the 17th.