Basketball Recap: Friday's Win Is Tyler Legacy's Seventh in Last Nine Outings

Jayden Jones

Points

12/27/24 vs Forney	15
12/27/24 vs Melissa	16
12/26/24 vs Corsicana	29
12/20/24 vs Longview	18

Tyler Legacy won the last time they faced Forney, and Jayden Jones did his part to make sure it happened again. The Tyler Legacy Raiders came out on top against the Forney Jackrabbits by a score of 54-46 on Friday thanks in part to Jones, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. The game was his fourth in a row with at least ten points.

JP Rainer was another key player, putting up eight points along with five boards and four steals. That's the most steals he has posted since back in January.

Tyler Legacy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.8 points per game. As for Forney, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.

Tyler Legacy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 61-58 victory against Horn on the 28th. As for Forney, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Tyler Legacy at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025.