Basketball Recap: Lanier Takes Down Ranked Morton

On Monday, Lanier faced Morton in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lanier Bulldogs came out on top against the Morton Panthers by a score of 55-44. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bulldogs also won the last time the pair played back in November of 2019.

Bulldogs

Previous 6 Games (Home)

01/20/25 vs Morton	55-44
01/07/25 vs Raymond	47-36
12/28/24 vs Greenville	60-56
12/27/24 vs Forest	68-25
12/10/24 vs Provine	71-61
12/06/24 vs Forest Hill	55-44

Lanier pushed their record up to 17-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Morton, they moved to 14-6 with that defeat, which also ended their 12-game winning streak.

Lanier has already played their next match (against McComb), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Morton won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Forest at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.