Mitchell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 36-33 heartbreaker at the hands of the Southeast Cyclones. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 169th in Nebraska, while the Cyclones are ranked 41st in Wyoming).
Southeast can attribute much of their success to Beaux Shimic, who went 8 for 14 en route to 19 points. The dominant performance gave Shimic a new career-high in points. TJ Moats was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals.
Mitchell's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Southeast, they moved to 9-5 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Mitchell will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Kimball at 5:30 p.m. on February 21st. As for Southeast, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 44-30 loss against Niobrara County on the 25th.
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