Lebanon lost against Republic back in January of 2016 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Lebanon Yellowjackets fell 67-59 to the Republic Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while the Tigers are ranked seventh).
Several Yellowjackets players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Bristol Burtin, who went 6 for 8 en route to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Boggs, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 16 points.
Lebanon's defeat was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Republic, their win bumped their record up to 12-1.
Lebanon has already played their next matchup (against Willard), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Republic will be playing in front of their home fans against Central at 7:00 p.m. on January 21st.
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