Basketball Recap: Athens Beats Mabank for Their Ninth Straight Win

Hornets

Previous Games

02/07/25 vs Mabank	56-49
02/04/25 vs Canton	41-28
01/31/25 @ Brownsboro	74-53
01/24/25 vs Kemp	64-41
01/21/25 @ Lindale	56-47
+ 4 more games

Athens waltzed into their matchup on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top against the Mabank Panthers by a score of 56-49. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 70-67 back in January.

Athens' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-8. As for Mabank, their loss dropped their record down to 17-8.

Coming up, Athens will face off against Van at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Van has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Mabank, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Brownsboro at 7:30 p.m.