Basketball Recap: Savannah Country Day's Win on Tuesday Extends Winning Streak to Ten

Hornets

Previous Games

01/28/25 @ Swainsboro	57-53
01/17/25 vs Woodville-Tompkins	43-15
01/14/25 @ St. Vincent's	67-51
01/13/25 @ Toombs County	53-41
01/07/25 vs Savannah Christian	54-29
+ 5 more games

Savannah Country Day had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They managed a 57-53 victory over the Swainsboro Tigers. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Tigers are ranked 316th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Tonia Ricks, who went 9 of 16 en route to 23 points along with seven boards and three steals. Ricks has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. A'Acaylah Murphy was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.

Savannah Country Day's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for Swainsboro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8.

Savannah Country Day has already played their next game (against Savannah Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Swainsboro has already played their next contest, a 62-54 loss against St. Vincent's on the 29th.