Yellowjackets
| 01/24/25 @ Clinton | 51-46 |
| 01/22/25 @ Germantown | 54-27 |
| 01/17/25 @ Murrah | 63-44 |
| 01/14/25 @ Tupelo | 51-48 |
| 01/09/25 @ Madison Central | 60-31 |
| + 7 more games |
Starkville waltzed into their contest on Friday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They managed a 51-46 victory over the Clinton Arrows. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 45-31 on January 7th.
Clinton lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jatoi Johnson, who went 5 for 9 on her way to 17 points along with eight boards and six steals. Johnson is becoming a predictor of Clinton's success: when she posts at least three steals the team is 16-4 (and 1-3 when she doesn't). Grace Eatmon was another key player, going 5 of 10 en route to 13 points.
Starkville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points per game. As for Clinton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-7.
Starkville has already played their next match (against Tupelo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Clinton has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Murrah.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
