Basketball Recap: 16 Straight Home Wins for Tatum

Tatum waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Gladewater Bears 76-36. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Bears are ranked 992nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

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Previous Games (Home)

01/28/25 vs Gladewater	76-36
01/21/25 vs Sabine	62-31
01/07/25 vs West Rusk	82-28
12/20/24 vs Arp	77-23
12/13/24 vs White Oak	65-15
+ 11 more games

Tatum's victory was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-6. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.1 points per game. As for Gladewater, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-14.

Tatum has already played their next game (against West Rusk), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Gladewater will take on White Oak at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.