The Marietta Indians and the Atoka Wampus Cats squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Marietta Indians had to settle for second. They took a 51-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wampus Cats. While losing is never fun, Marietta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 357th, while Atoka is ranked 129th).
Despite the loss, Marietta saw an underclassman step up: Aedan Ellison scored 20 points. Ellison hasn't dropped below 15 points for five straight games. Jorge Remis was another key contributor, scoring nine points.
Marietta has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-17 record this season. As for Atoka, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Marietta does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Atoka also has no future games currently scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
