The Iola Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Santa Fe Trail Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Iola focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Tuesday.
After a string of three wins, Iola's good fortune finally ran out. The match between them and Wellsville wasn't particularly close, with Iola falling 62-46. While losing is never fun, Iola can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while Wellsville is ranked 42nd).
Iola's loss came about despite a quality game from Landon Weide, who scored 14 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Mac Leonard was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Trail didn't have too much trouble with Anderson County at home on Tuesday as they won 65-46.
Iola's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Santa Fe Trail, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 11-8.
Iola couldn't quite finish off Santa Fe Trail in their previous matchup back in January and fell 63-61. Can Iola avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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