Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Briarfield Academy

Rebels

Previous 5 Games

01/17/25 vs Claiborne Academy	43-37
01/13/25 vs Humphreys Academy	42-22
01/10/25 @ Central School	50-25
01/07/25 vs Union Christian Academy	55-21
01/06/25 @ Tensas Academy	67-36

Briarfield Academy had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They managed a 43-37 victory over the Claiborne Academy Rebels. Briarfield Academy has seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw Claiborne Academy, too.

Despite the loss, Claiborne Academy still got an impressive performance from Jaylee Baird, who posted 15 points.

Briarfield Academy pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.7 points per game. As for Claiborne Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Briarfield Academy will head out to challenge Union Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Briarfield Academy is facing Union Christian Academy at the right time seeing as Union Christian Academy is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. Claiborne Academy has already played their next matchup (against Central School), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.