Basketball Recap: Mound City's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

01/16/25 vs Rock Port	35-50
01/14/25 vs St. Joseph Christian	55-30
01/10/25 vs Union Star	51-8
01/07/25 @ South Holt	71-27
12/20/24 @ East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax]	47-40

If Mound City was feeling good fresh off their 55-30 takedown of St. Joseph Christian last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Mound City Panthers received a blow on Thursday as they fell 50-35 to the Rock Port Blue Jays. The Panthers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

Mound City's defeat dropped their record down to 9-4. As for Rock Port, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.

Mound City won't have much time to rest: their next match is against East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Rock Port, they will be taking part in a tournament against West Nodaway at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Rock Port sitting on three straight victories and West Nodaway on four.