The Walnut Ridge Bobcats will square off against the Marked Tree Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Walnut Ridge is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Salem on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Walnut Ridge was outmatched by Salem on the road and fell 53-17. The Bobcats have struggled against the Greyhounds recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Marked Tree waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They strolled past the Cougars with points to spare, taking the game 61-42. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Cougars are ranked 112th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marked Tree's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points per game. As for Walnut Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
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