Preview: Broken Arrow Tigers vs. Bixby Spartans
Broken Arrow is 1-9 against Bixby since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Broken Arrow Tigers will square off against the Bixby Spartans at 2:00 p.m. Hopefully Broken Arrow focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Thursday.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Broken Arrow can now relate to. They fell 48-38 to the Bulldogs. Broken Arrow's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Macy Marraccini put forth a good effort for the losing side as she almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Bixby was able to grind out a solid win over Stillwater last Saturday, taking the game 53-44. The win was just what Bixby needed coming off of a 61-41 loss in their prior game.
Broken Arrow's defeat dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Bixby, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
Broken Arrow didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Bixby when the teams last played back in February, but they still walked away with a 45-40 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Broken Arrow since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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