It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mansfield can now relate to. They took a 59-45 bruising from the Norwood Pirates on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 289th, while the Pirates are ranked 51st).
Autumn Gunter went supernova for Norwood, going 6-for-11 to rack up 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gentry Davault, who posted two points along with eight assists, seven boards, and three steals.
Mansfield has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 13-10 record this season. The victory was the eighth in a row for Norwood, bringing their record for this year to 22-5.
Mansfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norwood, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 45-36 win against Fordland on the 1st.
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