On Saturday, Orono faced Mankato East in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Orono Spartans fell to the Mankato East Cougars 83-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (72), the Spartans still had to take the loss.
Orono's loss dropped their record down to 12-5. As for Mankato East, the victory was the 18th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-1.
Orono has already played their next contest (against St. Louis Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mankato East has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Albert Lea.
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