Basketball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Midland

Rebels

Previous 4 Games

12/12/24 @ Bell City	45-42
12/10/24 @ South Beauregard	53-42
12/07/24 vs JS Clark Leadership Academy	38-31
12/07/24 vs Hathaway	51-46

Midland had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 45-42 win over the Bell City Bruins. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Rebels have posted since November 26th.

Midland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Bell City, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.

Midland and Bell City should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Louisiana Rankings. Midland (ranked 35th) will meet Lacassine (ranked 159th) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Bell City will square off against Kaplan at 4:30 p.m. on Friday up 220 places (12 vs. 232).