Basketball Recap: Smackover Takes a Loss

Smackover lost against Fouke back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Smackover Buckaroos were outmatched by the Fouke Panthers and fell 86-24. While losing is never fun, the Buckaroos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Panthers are ranked 43rd).

Smackover has also traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 6-19 record this season. As for Fouke, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 25-5.

Coming up, Smackover will be playing at home against Ashdown at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Ashdown has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Fouke, they will challenge Prescott at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.