After losing to the Pearl River Central Blue Devils the last time they met, the Poplarville Hornets decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. Poplarville managed a 41-36 victory over Pearl River Central on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Poplarville.
Poplarville can attribute much of their success to Janiyah Jones, who scored 14 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Jones has scored at least 25% of Poplarville's points. Another player making a difference was Tameah Bester, who scored 7 points.
Poplarville's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Pearl River Central, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Poplarville is on the road again on Friday and play against Picayune at 6:00 p.m. on December 1st. As for Pearl River Central, they will square off against Gautier at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
