Basketball Recap: Fort Gibson Falls Short Against Ranked Locust Grove

Tigers

Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 vs Locust Grove	34-41
01/25/25 vs Sequoyah	66-59
01/24/25 vs Victory Christian	73-36
01/23/25 vs Stilwell	82-27
01/17/25 @ Ada	58-28

On Friday, Fort Gibson faced Locust Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Fort Gibson Tigers fell 41-34 to the Locust Grove Pirates. The Tigers' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.

Fort Gibson's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 13-3. As for Locust Grove, the victory was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-1.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fort Gibson will venture away from home to square off against Catoosa at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Locust Grove has already played their next matchup (against Hilldale), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.