The Wewoka Tigers lost against the Okemah Panthers last Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Wewoka fell just short of Okemah by a score of 43-40. Wewoka has not had much luck with Okemah recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Despite the loss, Wewoka still got an impressive performance from Awtumn Sipes-Louie, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds. The game was Sipes-Louie's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jhaivyn Patton, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Wewoka's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Okemah, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Wewoka will head out on the road to face off against Carnegie at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Carnegie focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Friday. Okemah will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Edmond North at 12:00 p.m. on December 28th. Edmond North has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 285 points over their last four matchups.
