The Minneola Wildcats were not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were dealt a 69-30 loss at the hands of Bucklin. While losing is never fun, Minneola can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Bucklin is ranked 26th).
Despite the loss, Minneola had strong showings from Maiya Shelor, who scored 22 points, and Braegen Shelor, who scored eight points along with five rebounds. That was a full 73.3% of Minneola's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Bucklin was led to victory by Sydnie Jones and Emmerson Kirk. Jones scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, while Kirk scored 20 points along with six assists and two steals. Jones has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Isabel Bowman was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds.
Minneola's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Bucklin, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 17-3.
Minneola will head out on the road to take on Elkhart at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Elkhart is coming into the matchup with five straight losses at home, meaning Minneola will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. Bucklin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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