After flying high against Mansfield last Friday, Winnfield came back down to earth. The Winnfield Tigers took a 66-48 bruising from the Ruston Bearcats on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Bearcats are ranked 22nd).
Aidan Anding continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Ruston, going 9 of 11 on his way to 28 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keshun Malcolm, who went 6 for 10 en route to 17 points and three steals.
Winnfield's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-9. As for Ruston, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 14-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Winnfield will square off against Lakeside at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Winnfield is facing Lakeside at the right time seeing as Lakeside is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Ruston, they are taking a road trip to square off against Alexandria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Alexandria has won ten straight at home, while Ruston won four straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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