Basketball Recap: Independence Find Success

By Team Reports Mar 1, 2025, 2:17am

Basketball Recap: Independence Bulldogs vs. Fort Scott Tigers

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Previous Games

02/28/25 - Home36-35 W
01/31/25 - Away23-38 L
03/01/24 - Away39-50 L
02/23/24 - Away28-35 L
01/26/24 - Home29-37 L
+ 5 more games

Independence hadn't done well against Fort Scott recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, the Independence Bulldogs made off with a 36-35 victory over the Fort Scott Tigers. The win was all the more spectacular given the Bulldogs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 240th, while the Tigers are ranked 62nd).

Independence's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-12-2. As for Fort Scott, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 10-1 and their overall record down to 16-4.

As of now, neither Independence nor Fort Scott have any future games scheduled.

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