Cottondale won the last time they faced Malone and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Cottondale Hornets took down the Malone Tigers 50-34. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.
| 12/17/24 vs Malone | 6 |
| 02/15/24 vs Bozeman | 5 |
| 12/13/24 @ Sneads | 5 |
| 01/15/24 @ Sneads | 5 |
| 02/06/24 vs Malone | 4 |
Cottondale's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Cameron Odom, who posted 13 points in addition to six assists and three steals. The dominant performance gave Odom a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Tramond Collins, who went 7 for 16 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds.
Odom wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Cottondale was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Malone only racked up five assists.
Despite the loss, Malone saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Everett Welch dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamerious Sims, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds.
Cottondale has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Malone, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-3.
Cottondale will welcome Houston County at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cottondale is facing Houston County at the right time seeing as Houston County is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Malone, they will take on Wiregrass in a tournament on Thursday. Malone is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.8 points per game this season.
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