The Bauxite Miners will take on the Malvern Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Bauxite and 11 for Malvern.
Last Friday, Bauxite was beaten by Hall 71-33.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 57 points the game before, Malvern was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They took a blow against Mills University Studies, falling 73-17. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Comets are ranked second).
Malvern's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Bauxite, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
Bauxite and Malvern were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in February of 2020, but Bauxite came up empty-handed after a 56-55 loss. Can Bauxite avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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