Basketball Recap: Hattiesburg Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Tigers

Previous Games

01/30/25 vs Petal	62-49
01/28/25 @ Pearl River Central	62-37
01/24/25 vs Terry	50-49
01/20/25 vs West Marion	83-46
01/17/25 vs West Jones	84-46
+ 2 more games

Hattiesburg came tearing into Thursday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Petal Panthers by a score of 62-49. 62 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

Hattiesburg's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-8. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.2 points per game. As for Petal, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-18.

Hattiesburg didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 69-61 victory against Jim Hill on the 31st. As for Petal, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Petal Panthers take on the Meridian Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meridian will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Petal surely won't give up without a fight.