Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Shields

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

01/25/25 vs Marengo	48-33
01/17/25 vs Choctaw County	53-40
01/15/25 @ Choctaw County	54-35
01/13/25 @ Sweet Water	68-33
12/21/24 vs Pike Liberal Arts	57-41

Shields entered their tilt with Marengo on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They took down the Marengo Panthers 48-33. That's more bragging rights for Shields, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

When it comes to explaining why Marengo lost, don't look at Jordan Moore. Despite the final result, he went 6 for 14 en route to 18 points and four steals. That was a full 54.5% of Marengo's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Shields has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Marengo, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-5.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Shields has already played their next game (against Sweet Water), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Marengo has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Shields.