After flying high against Caldwell Parish last Friday, Marksville came back down to earth. The Marksville Tigers took a hard 77-58 fall against the St. Thomas More Cougars on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Cougars are ranked sixth).
Marksville's defeat dropped their record down to 21-7. As for St. Thomas More, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-4 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Marksville will challenge Avoyelles Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for St. Thomas More, they will square off against North Vermilion at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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