Basketball Recap: Nanih Waiya Continues Road Dominance on Thursday

Nanih Waiya won the last time they faced Ethel and things went their way on Thursday too. The Nanih Waiya Warriors secured a 39-34 W over the Ethel Tigers. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Tigers are ranked 242nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Warriors

Previous 5 Games (Away)

01/09/25 @ Ethel	39-34
12/20/24 @ McAdams	56-54
12/13/24 @ West Lowndes	64-46
12/03/24 @ Union	47-40
11/21/24 @ Oak Hill Academy	64-46

Nanih Waiya pushed their record up to 11-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Ethel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.

Nanih Waiya will have a chance to go back-to-back against Ethel: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.