The Cotton Center Elks are taking a road trip to face off against the Wellman-Union Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Cotton Center is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Anton on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cotton Center had to suffer through a 54-24 loss at the hands of Anton. The Elks were down 43-16 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Cotton Center's defeat came about despite a quality game from Kylee Prutzman, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wellman-Union). They blew past Amherst, posting a 64-20 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Cotton Center and nudges their season record down to 4-16. As for Wellman-Union, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-9.
Cotton Center didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Wellman-Union in their previous meeting back in December of 2015, but they still walked away with a 42-38 win. Will Cotton Center repeat their success, or does Wellman-Union have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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