The Ponca City Wildcats lost against the Jenks Trojans back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Ponca City fell just short of Jenks by a score of 50-48. While losing is never fun, Ponca City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 251st, while Jenks is ranked 69th).
Ponca City's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tay Moore, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Jacon Dugosh, who scored five points along with seven rebounds and six steals.
Ponca City dropped their record down to 4-17 with that loss, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Jenks, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Ponca City will head out on the road to challenge Choctaw at 8:00 a.m. on Friday. Hopefully Ponca City focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday. As for Jenks, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Broken Arrow at 8:00 p.m.
