The Ponca City Wildcats's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fourth straight loss. Their rough 77-51 defeat to Southmoore might stick with them for a while. 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 252nd, while Southmoore is ranked 73rd).
Despite the loss, Ponca City still got an impressive performance from Tay Moore, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 54.9% of Ponca City's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Ponca City has not been sharp recently as the team has lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-20 record this season. As for Southmoore, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-10.
Ponca City does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southmoore, they will head out on the road to challenge Moore at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Moore's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Southmoore has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
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