Nettleton at Walnut — Tournament preview (Dec. 19, 2025)

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Nettleton travels to Walnut for a tournament game at Northeast Mississippi Community College on Friday, Dec. 19. Tip is set for 12 p.m. Central; fans can find the full game page on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5744427-nettleton-vs-walnut

Quick look

• Matchup: Nettleton Tigers at Walnut Wildcats

• Date/time: 12 p.m. Central Friday, Dec. 19, 2025

• Location: Northeast Mississippi Community College

• Game page: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5744427-nettleton-vs-walnut

• Walnut team page: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/216459-walnut-wildcats

• Nettleton team page: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/176274-nettleton-tigers

What to watch

Walnut enters this matchup as the host and will look to build on past success against Nettleton. The teams last met Dec. 27, 2024, at Alcorn Central, a 63-42 win for Walnut. In that meeting, SBLive’s win-chance projections favored Walnut (about 71%) over Nettleton (about 29%) — those numbers reflect that matchup and are subject to change for this game. Walnut currently lists 40 SBLive fans to Nettleton’s 27, and neither team has any SBLive picks recorded for this contest yet.

Streaming and tickets

• Walnut NFHS Network: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/walnut-hs-walnut-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

• Nettleton NFHS Network: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/nettleton-hs-nettleton-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

(If you plan to attend, ticketing details are not listed on the SBLive game page.)

Get involved

Follow both teams on SBLive to stay updated and help grow their fan counts: Walnut — https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/216459-walnut-wildcats; Nettleton — https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/176274-nettleton-tigers. Make your picks on the game page for fun — picks are fan engagement only and not tied to SBLive’s win-chance projections, which can change as more information becomes available. Stay tuned to SBLive for updates, box scores and postgame coverage.