It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Anaconda can now relate to. They fell just short of the Florence-Carlton Falcons by a score of 53-51 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Copperheads can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Falcons are ranked 34th).
Anaconda has also been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season. Florence-Carlton's win bumped their record up to 11-5.
Anaconda has already played their next game (against Arlee), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Florence-Carlton, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 91-51 loss against Loyola-Sacred Heart on the 22nd.
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