The Wellington-Napoleon Tigers lost against the Mid-Buchanan Dragons back in February of 2018, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Wellington-Napoleon fell 65-54 to Mid-Buchanan. While losing is never fun, Wellington-Napoleon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 348th, while Mid-Buchanan is ranked 170th).
When it comes to explaining why Wellington-Napoleon lost, one person who can't be blamed is Trotter Hughes. Despite the final result, he scored 17 points along with five rebounds. Hughes is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 17 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Blystone, who scored 12 points.
Wellington-Napoleon struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Wellington-Napoleon's loss dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Mid-Buchanan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-8.
Wellington-Napoleon will head out on the road to take on Archie at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Wellington-Napoleon focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Thursday. As for Mid-Buchanan, they will head out on the road to square off against Bishop LeBlond at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mid-Buchanan has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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