Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Jonesboro

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

01/17/25 @ Abbott	70-45
01/14/25 vs Gholson	49-15
01/10/25 vs Cranfills Gap	50-25
01/07/25 @ Evant	49-15
01/03/25 vs Aquilla	35-31

Jonesboro came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 70-45 margin over the Abbott Panthers. The Eagles pushed the score to 59-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.

Jonesboro is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Abbott, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-5 record.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Jonesboro has already played their next contest (against Oglesby), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Abbott will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Gholson at 6:00 p.m. on January 31st.