Mansfield is 8-0 against Bakersfield since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mansfield Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Bakersfield Lions at 4:30 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mansfield has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Bakersfield will arrive with three straight victories.
Mansfield pushed their score all the way to 62 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Norwood by a score of 64-62.
Meanwhile, even though Koshkonong scored an imposing 61 points on Thursday, Bakersfield still came out on top. Bakersfield took their matchup against Koshkonong 70-61. Given Bakersfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while Koshkonong is ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mansfield's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Bakersfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Mansfield skirted past Bakersfield 76-73 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Mansfield repeat their success, or does Bakersfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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