Basketball Recap: TJ Forest Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Hebbronville

Fightin' Jerseys

Margin (Wins)

12/06/24 vs Premont	49
12/06/24 vs Three Rivers	33
12/07/24 @ Hebbronville	23
12/03/24 @ Ben Bolt	8
12/07/24 vs Agua Dulce	-11

Falfurrias won the last time they faced Hebbronville and things went their way on Saturday too. Everything went the Falfurrias Fightin' Jerseys' way against the Hebbronville Longhorns as the Falfurrias Fightin' Jerseys made off with a 51-28 victory. The Fightin' Jerseys have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 23 points or more this season.

Falfurrias' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but TJ Forest led the charge by going 6 of 11 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Benavides, who posted five points and five steals.

When it comes to explaining why Hebbronville lost, don't look at Oscar Carrillo. Despite the final result, he put up 15 points. That was a full 53.6% of Hebbronville's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jacob Gomez, who posted six points.

Falfurrias has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Hebbronville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.

Falfurrias didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 64-19 win against Premont on the 10th. As for Hebbronville, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 42-22 loss against Odem on the 10th.