Basketball Recap: Magazine Falls Short of Taylor in the Playoffs

Magazine and Taylor squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Magazine had to settle for second. They fell 53-40 to the Taylor Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Tigers are ranked 62nd).

Rattlers

Previous 5 Games

03/04/25 vs Taylor	40-53
02/24/25 vs Oark	58-23
02/11/25 @ Western Yell County	51-28
02/07/25 vs Mulberry	64-27
02/04/25 @ Oark	60-25

The defeat snapped Magazine's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 16-13 record. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.5 points. As for Taylor, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 24 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 29-4 record this season.

Magazine does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Taylor has already played their next matchup (against West Side), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.