Basketball Recap: Poolville's Victory on Thursday Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Monarchs

Previous Games

12/12/24 vs Slidell	52-47
12/10/24 vs Breckenridge	47-41
12/07/24 vs Bob Hope	51-44
12/06/24 vs Warren	49-45
12/05/24 @ Eula	46-40
+ 3 more games

Poolville had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.9 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They secured a 52-47 W over the Slidell Greyhounds. This was a revenge game for the Monarchs: when they faced off against the Greyhounds back in November, they had to take a 55-35 defeat.

Poolville's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Slidell, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.

Poolville and Slidell should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Poolville (ranked 487th) will meet Hico (ranked 984th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Similarly, Slidell will square off against Chico at 7:00 p.m. on December 20th up 791 places (309 vs. 1100).