McAlester fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Will Rogers College on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Will Rogers College Ropers by a score of 80-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Buffaloes still had to take the loss.
Will Rogers College found their leader in sophomore Branden Crosslen, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. Dkarrion Titsworth was another key player, going 5 of 9 en route to 12 points.
McAlester has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-10 record this season. As for Will Rogers College, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 17-4.
McAlester will face off against Edison at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. McAlester knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Edison likes a good challenge. As for Will Rogers College, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Coweta at 7:00 p.m. on February 11th.
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