Basketball Recap: Walnut Grove Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Walnut Grove had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They managed a 38-33 victory over the Lovejoy Leopards. This was a revenge game for the Wildcats: when they faced off against the Leopards back in December of 2024, they had to take a 43-25 defeat.

Wildcats

Previous Games (Home)

01/21/25 vs Lovejoy	38-33
01/17/25 vs Greenville	49-12
01/07/25 vs Anna	45-32
12/26/24 vs Nimitz	51-42
12/20/24 vs Sherman	63-33
+ 2 more games

Walnut Grove's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7. As for Lovejoy, their loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-8.

Walnut Grove and Lovejoy should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Walnut Grove will challenge Sherman at 6:15 p.m. on Friday up 804 places (188 vs. 992). Meanwhile, Lovejoy (ranked 62nd) will meet McKinney North (ranked 265th) at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.