The Hackberry Mustangs will be taking part in a tournament against the Leesville Wampus Cats at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Leesville took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Hackberry, who comes in off a win.
Hackberry is coming into the game on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They came out on top against Evans by a score of 43-36 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Leesville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 65-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Beauregard.
Hackberry will need focus on slowing down Shyann McCummings, one of several Leesville players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 22 points. That was a full 37.9% of Leesville's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kadence Reibold, who had 15 points.
Leesville's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Hackberry, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-9 record this season.
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