Basketball Recap: Cleveland Central Beats Yazoo City for Their Fourth Straight Victory

Wolves

Previous 4 Games

12/20/24 @ Yazoo City	41-38
12/17/24 @ Gentry	47-40
12/12/24 vs West Bolivar	55-25
12/11/24 vs Shaw	54-31

Cleveland Central had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 41-38 victory over the Yazoo City Indians. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wolves have posted since November 21st.

Cleveland Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Yazoo City, they moved to 10-4 with that defeat, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.

Cleveland Central and Yazoo City should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings. Cleveland Central (ranked 36th) will meet Simmons (ranked 263rd) at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Yazoo City will take on Humble at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday up 217 places (29 vs. 246).