This season hasn't been kind to the Southwest Wildcats, who are still winless after their fifth contest. They were beaten by Hardin-Central 58-26 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Southwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 384th, while Hardin-Central is ranked 67th).
Despite the loss, Southwest had strong showings from Caleb Anderson, who scored 3 points, and Kameron Ratliff, who scored 4 points.
Southwest has yet to win a game at home this season, leaving them with a 0-5 record. As for Hardin-Central, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
Southwest will head out on the road to face off against Norborne at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Norborne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Tuesday. As for Hardin-Central, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Carrollton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
