McAlester was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were dealt an 84-49 loss at the hands of the Memorial Chargers. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Chargers are ranked 40th).
It was another big night for Jalil Cotton, who went 13 for 17 on his way to 29 points and seven rebounds for Memorial. The dominant performance gave Cotton a new career-high in points. Fabian Harris was another key player, going 6 of 11 en route to 15 points and seven boards.
McAlester now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Memorial, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-3.
McAlester has already played their next matchup (against Coweta), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Memorial has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against El Reno.
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