After soaring to 56 points the game before, Mankato East was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were dealt a 57-20 defeat at the hands of the John Marshall Rockets. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Rockets are ranked 54th).
Mankato East's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-4. As for John Marshall, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Mankato East Cougars duke it out with the Century Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mankato East is facing Century at the right time seeing as Century is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for John Marshall, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against New Ulm at 5:30 p.m. on December 27th.
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