After flying high against Terry on Friday, West Fork came back down to earth. The West Fork Gators took a 73-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Orangefield Bobcats on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 635th, while the Bobcats are ranked 317th).
Jaden Scales was his usual excellent self, going 12 of 18 on his way to 34 points and five assists for Orangefield. Those 34 points gave Scales a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Rogers, who posted ten points and six rebounds.
West Fork has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season. As for Orangefield, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-5.
West Fork and Liberty will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Orangefield, they and Katy will face off at 11:10 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Orangefield's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matches.
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