Basketball Recap: Riverside Turns Things Around After Road Loss

By Team Reports Jan 22, 2025, 7:20pm

Basketball Recap: Riverside Bulldogs vs. Leflore County Tigers

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There's no place like home for Riverside, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They strolled past the Leflore County Tigers with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 48-33. This was a revenge game for the Bulldogs: when they faced off against the Tigers on January 3rd, they had to take a 36-31 defeat.

Antionette Holston and Makiyzah Sims certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Holston posted five points in addition to six boards and four steals, while Sims put up eight points and eight rebounds. That's the most steals Holston has posted since back in November of 2024.

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Previous 3 Games (Home)

01/21/25 vs Leflore County48-33
01/07/25 vs North Side40-32
12/28/24 vs J.Z. George32-30

Riverside's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-9. As for Leflore County, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.

Riverside has already played their next game (against North Side), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Leflore County has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against O'Bannon.

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