Sarcoxie entered their game against Ash Grove on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Sarcoxie Bears fell 56-43 to the Ash Grove Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Pirates are ranked 132nd).
Sarcoxie's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5. As for Ash Grove, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Sarcoxie has already played their next contest (against Seneca), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Ash Grove will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Lockwood at 7:00 p.m. on January 27th.
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