McDonald County is 0-10 against Carl Junction since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The McDonald County Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Carl Junction Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. Hopefully McDonald County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Thursday.
McDonald County put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season. They were the clear victor by a 59-38 margin over Joplin. Given McDonald County's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while Joplin is ranked 350th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
McDonald County's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dakota O'brien, who scored 23 points along with six rebounds and six steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which O'brien has scored at least a third of McDonald County's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlie Martin, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Carl Junction was able to grind out a solid victory over Webb City on Monday, taking the game 53-42. The win made it back-to-back wins for Carl Junction.
McDonald County is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Carl Junction, they pushed their record up to 12-7 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
McDonald County came up short against Carl Junction when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 43-34. Can McDonald County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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