The Southeastern Mustangs lost against the Locust Fork Hornets back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Southeastern received a tough blow as they fell 49-33 to Locust Fork. While losing is never fun, Southeastern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while Locust Fork is ranked 57th).
Faith Evans continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Locust Fork, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. The matchup was Evans' 15th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Haley Dutton, who scored 11 points along with three steals.
Southeastern's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Locust Fork, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 13-2.
Southeastern will be playing at home against Pennington at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pennington is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak. As for Locust Fork, they will head out on the road to face off against Oneonta at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
