Even though the Smithton Tigers scored an imposing 55 points on Thursday, the Tipton Cardinals still came out on top. Tipton snuck past Smithton with a 59-55 win. Given Tipton's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Smithton is ranked 408th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tipton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jackson Bailey, who scored 20 points along with six assists and five rebounds. Bailey continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Lucas Cashman, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Tipton is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for Smithton, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-17 record this season.
Tipton is on the road again on Saturday and plays Northwest at 7:00 p.m. on February 24th. Hopefully Tipton focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Thursday. Smithton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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