Basketball Recap: Pocahontas Takes a Loss

Pocahontas was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They fell 64-51 to the Blytheville Chickasaws. While losing is never fun, the Redskins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Chickasaws are ranked 46th).

Pocahontas' defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Blytheville, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pocahontas will take on Westside at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Blytheville has already played their next match (against Gosnell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.