Basketball Recap: Athens Comes Up Short

Athens lost against Meigs back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Athens Bulldogs took a 60-46 bruising from the Meigs Marauders. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 503rd, while the Marauders are ranked 113th).

Athens dropped their record down to 10-10 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Meigs, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-1.

Athens didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 64-56 win against Alexander on the 14th. As for Meigs, they have also already played their next contest, a 67-53 victory against Nelsonville-York on the 14th.