Basketball Recap: Hallsville Extends Winning Streak to Five

Bobcats

Previous 5 Games

12/28/24 vs College Park	54-49
12/28/24 @ Midway	52-33
12/27/24 vs Clear Lake	64-47
12/27/24 vs United	62-46
12/20/24 @ Whitehouse	55-45

Hallsville had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They managed a 54-49 victory over the College Park Cavaliers.

When it comes to explaining why College Park lost, don't look at Aiden Buckmon. Despite the final result, he went 9 of 14 on his way to 24 points. Buckmon's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Oman, who posted eight points and five blocks.

Hallsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points per game. As for College Park, they moved to 16-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Hallsville and College Park should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Hallsville (ranked 133rd) will meet Nacogdoches (ranked 647th) at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, College Park (ranked 127th) will meet Cleveland (ranked 1052nd) at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.