The Pawhuska Huskies will head out on the road to challenge the Okemah Panthers at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Pawhuska focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Friday.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pawhuska can now relate to. They took a 56-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Buccaneers. Pawhuska's loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Pawhuska got a solid performance out of Trenton Miles, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Miles has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Noah Willson, who scored eight points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Okemah was the victim of a tough 72-47 defeat at the hands of Christian Heritage on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Okemah can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Christian Heritage is ranked 109th).
Pawhuska's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-11. As for Okemah, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season.
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