Basketball Recap: Nettleton Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Raiders

Previous Games

01/17/25 vs Greene County Tech	85-80
01/14/25 @ Marion	65-61
01/06/25 vs Stuttgart	82-48
12/30/24 vs Rivercrest	66-52
12/17/24 vs Mountain Home	85-74
+ 4 more games

Nettleton came tearing into Friday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Greene County Tech Golden Eagles with an 85-80 win. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 71st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Nettleton pushed their record up to 14-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.3 points per game. As for Greene County Tech, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-8.

Nettleton has already played their next contest (against Batesville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Greene County Tech will be playing at home against West Memphis at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.