After flying high against Marshfield last Thursday, West Plains came back down to earth. The West Plains Zizzers were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 54-53 to the Republic Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Zizzers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Tigers are ranked fifth).
West Plains' loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Republic, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 6-0.
West Plains didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 56-49 win against Hartville on the 28th. As for Republic, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 68-33 victory against Willard on the 28th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
