The Hammond Tornadoes will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Salmen Spartans at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Hammond is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 66.6 points per game this season.
Hammond will head into Saturday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Ponchatoula an easy 77-56 victory. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Green Wave are ranked 23rd).
| 12/21/24 @ Ponchatoula | 22 |
| 11/21/24 @ Loranger | 21 |
| 12/03/24 @ New Orleans Charter Science & Math | 20 |
| 12/05/24 @ Tara | 20 |
| 11/18/24 @ Sumner | 14 |
Hammond might have lost, but man, Joseph Carbo was a machine: he went 8 of 13 on his way to 22 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Carbo a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Harland, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 15 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Salmen suffered their biggest loss since November 27th on Monday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Amite an easy 75-49 win. The Spartans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hammond's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3. As for Salmen, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
