Locust Fork had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 39-31 victory over the Pennington Tigers. This was a revenge game for the Hornets: when they faced off against the Tigers two weeks ago, they had to take a 44-37 defeat.
Lynnleigh Tawbush
| 01/21/25 vs Pennington | 15 |
| 11/25/24 vs Appalachian | 14 |
| 12/28/23 vs Appalachian | 10 |
| 01/30/24 vs Hayden | 9 |
| 11/18/24 vs Southeastern | 9 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Locust Fork to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lynnleigh Tawbush, who posted 15 points. The dominant performance gave Tawbush a new career-high in points. Haley Dutton was another key player, putting up 12 points and four steals.
Locust Fork is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 30.5% in those games and 31.3% outside of them. As for Pennington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-6.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Locust Fork will square off against Mortimer Jordan at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pennington has already played their next matchup (against West End), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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