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The Cave City (AR) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral tournament game against Melbourne (AR) by a score of 36-35.

Game Details: NEA Tournament

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne----36
Cave City----35
Final score provided by R. Fowler.
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Game Story

Arkansas High School Basketball - Melbourne nudges Cave City

December 21, 2015: Melbourne, AR 72556

In Monday's non-league outing, the Melbourne Bearkatz (Melbourne, AR) basketball squad edged the visiting Cave City Cavemen (Cave City, AR), by a margin of 36-35.

The Bearkatz (10-2) will now prepare for their outing against Valley Springs (Valley Springs, AR). The Tigers go into the 3A Region 1 East outing with a 16-3 record. In their last outing, Valley Springs was tipped by Fayetteville (Fayetteville, AR), 71-53, in a non-league outing.

The Cavemen now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Trumann for a 4A Region 3 outing on Tuesday, January 5. Cave City will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 53-43 non-league win over Manila (Manila, AR). The Wildcats record now stands at 5-7.

Rankings & Records

Melbourne (15-16)

NationalARClass
3,9897211
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
17-812-28-16-23-5.680.8571,152979

Cave City (15-16)

NationalARClass
7,67813323
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
12-1110-47-34-41-4.522.7141,1031,066

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1Final
Melbourne
9.411.414.611.37.546.1
Cave City
11.612.413.09.6-48.0

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Melbourne1-1Cave City1-2
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/13/15MelbourneSouthside(W) 55-5011/24/15SouthsideCave City(W) 53-49
12/9/15MelbournePocahontas(L) 54-531/8/16Cave CityPocahontas(L) 50-31
2/1/16PocahontasCave City(L) 51-27

Record Breakdown

Melbourne (15-16)

Cave City (15-16)

17-8
Overall
12-11
12-2
League
10-4
2-1
Non-League
1-3
1-0
Head to Head
0-1
1-1
Common Opponent
1-2
8-1
Home
7-3
6-2
Away
4-4
3-5
Neutral
1-4
1-3
Playoff
0-2
17-8
In-State
12-11
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0