The Joplin Eagles lost against the Webb City Cardinals back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Joplin was dealt a 73-43 defeat at the hands of Webb City. While losing is never fun, Joplin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 296th, while Webb City is ranked 42nd).
Barron Duda was his usual excellent self, scoring 36 points along with five rebounds and four steals for Webb City. Duda has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 21 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Pace, who scored 15 points along with seven assists and five rebounds.
Joplin's loss dropped their record down to 5-20. As for Webb City, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Joplin will take on Branson at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Webb City, they will be playing at home against Nixa at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Webb City has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,264 points over their last 17 matchups.
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