Basketball Recap: Albert Lea Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Albert Lea challenged Mankato East on Tuesday. The Albert Lea Tigers fell 63-53 to the Mankato East Cougars. The Tigers have struggled against the Cougars recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

Albert Lea's loss dropped their record down to 3-20. As for Mankato East, the win snapped their losing streak at 14 games and leaves them with a 2-17 record.

Albert Lea has already played their next contest (against Century), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mankato East will host Owatonna at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing isn't great for Mankato East: they have been struggling with seven straight losses at home, while Owatonna has snatched up nine consecutive wins on the road.