The Bartlett Panthers are headed away from home for the first time to square off against the Marion Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Bartlett will be strutting in after a win while Marion will be coming in after a loss.
Bartlett will head into Saturday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 52-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Clarksville Christian, sneaking past 59-57. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their 22-point performance the game before.
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Kaylin Sheffield was nothing short of spectacular: she went 8 for 16 on her way to 23 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. Zoey Rixter was another key player, putting up 11 points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Marion unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 62-50 to Conway. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Wampus Cats are ranked first).
Bartlett's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Marion, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-4.
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