Basketball Recap: Memorial Snags Fifth Win in Last Six Games

Jalil Cotton

Points (Career)

01/14/25 vs McAlester	29
01/26/24 vs Coweta	28
12/14/24 vs Lawton	23
12/15/23 vs Oklahoma City S	22
01/04/25 @ Edison	22

If McAlester wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Memorial, they should've done a better job of containing Jalil Cotton. The Memorial Chargers blew past the McAlester Buffaloes 84-49 on Tuesday thanks in part to Cotton, who went 13 of 17 en route to 29 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.

Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for McAlester, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-6.

Memorial will head out to challenge El Reno at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for McAlester, they will host Coweta at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.