Parkview won the last time they faced Neosho and things went their way on Friday too. The Parkview Vikings walked away with a 65-55 victory over the Neosho Wildcats. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 37th in Missouri, while the Wildcats are ranked 250th in Missouri), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Zach Forsythe, who went 6-for-7 en route to 16 points and six boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiden Asberry, who posted 11 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds.
The win made it two in a row for Parkview and bumps their season record up to 13-10. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 7-16 Neosho (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 41.3% over those games). As for Neosho, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 14 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season.
Parkview has already played their next matchup (against Joplin), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Neosho, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 71-53 defeat against Webb City on the 24th.
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