Lone Grove lost against Madill back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Lone Grove Longhorns fell to the Madill Wildcats 54-50. The Longhorns have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Leading Madill to victory were Jagger Rogers and Ryan Anderson. Rogers almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine boards, while Anderson posted 20 points. The dominant performance also gave Rogers a new career-high in steals (three). Another player making a difference was Sammy Duran, who put up four points and four steals.
Lone Grove now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Madill, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lone Grove will challenge Wright City at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Wright City knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Lone Grove likes a good challenge. Madill will take on Kingston in a holiday battle at 8:00 p.m. on December 17th at. Madill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.6 points per game this season.
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