Emporia lost against Manhattan on February 7th, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Emporia Spartans were dealt a 68-27 defeat at the hands of the Manhattan Indians. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Indians are ranked 60th).
This is the second loss in a row for Emporia and nudges their season record down to 4-13-3. As for Manhattan, they pushed their record up to 12-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Emporia will welcome Junction City/St. Xavier on Friday. Emporia is facing Junction City/St. Xavier at the right time seeing as Junction City/St. Xavier is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for Manhattan, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Washburn Rural.
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