Pawnee Heights lost against Bucklin back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pawnee Heights Tigers took a 54-40 bruising from the Bucklin Red Aces. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Red Aces are ranked 53rd).
Leading Bucklin to victory were Emmy Kirk and Tristan Stout. Kirk went 9 for 21 on her way to 23 points along with five rebounds and five steals, while Stout went 7 of 12 en route to 17 points in addition to six boards and six steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Kirk has scored at least a third of Bucklin's points. Another player making a difference was Karlee Evans, who posted ten points and five rebounds.
Pawnee Heights' loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-14. As for Bucklin, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Pawnee Heights will challenge Satanta at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Pawnee Heights is facing Satanta at the right time seeing as Satanta is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Bucklin, they will square off against Hodgeman County at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Bucklin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.1 points per game this season.
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