Basketball Recap: Lone Oak Picks Up Fifth Consecutive Victory

Buffaloes

Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 @ Prairiland	62-38
01/28/25 vs Mount Vernon	64-25
01/24/25 @ Commerce	53-50
01/21/25 vs Winnsboro	55-36
01/17/25 @ Rains	51-46

Lone Oak had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 62-38 margin over the Prairiland Patriots. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Buffaloes had established a 21 point advantage.

Lone Oak is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points per game. As for Prairiland, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-18 record this season.

Lone Oak will be playing in front of their home fans against Chisum at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lone Oak is on a three-game streak of home wins, Chisum a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Prairiland, they will head out to take on Rains at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rains has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.