Basketball Recap: Salem's Win on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Greyhounds

Previous Games

01/25/25 @ Melbourne	43-41
01/21/25 @ Valley Springs	47-44
01/17/25 vs Yellville-Summit	41-29
01/14/25 @ Flippin	71-36
01/07/25 vs Cave City	70-24
+ 2 more games

Salem came tearing into Saturday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Melbourne Bearkatz out 43-41. That's more bragging rights for the Greyhounds, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Salem pushed their record up to 13-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Melbourne, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.

Salem has already played their next game (against Bergman), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Melbourne will head out to square off against Cave City at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.