Basketball Recap: Tucker County Picks Up Tenth Straight Win on the Road

Mountain Lions

Margin (Wins)

12/23/24 vs Gilmer County	44
01/18/25 @ Elkins	34
01/15/25 vs Pendleton County	33
12/20/24 vs Tygarts Valley	30
01/24/25 @ Magnolia	30

Tucker County's game last Saturday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Wednesday. They blew past the Southern Rams 61-39. The Mountain Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 22 points or more this season.

When it comes to explaining why Southern lost, don't look at Brayden Upole. Despite the final result, he posted six points.

Tucker County pushed their record up to 13-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.6 points. As for Southern, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5.

Tucker County has already played their next game (against Moorefield), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Southern and Paw Paw will face off at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday without much rest having both just played. Southern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season.