Preview: East Newton Patriots vs. Cassville Wildcats
East Newton is 8-2 against Cassville since February of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Newton Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Cassville Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. East Newton is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Last Thursday, East Newton was the victim of a rough 75-54 defeat at the hands of Webb City. While losing is never fun, East Newton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 358th, while Webb City is ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, everything went Cassville's way against Hollister last Friday as Cassville made off with a 63-43 win.
East Newton's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Cassville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season.
East Newton didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Cassville when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 65-59 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Newton since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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