Rockwood Summit entered their match against Parkway South on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Rockwood Summit Falcons fell to the Parkway South Patriots 60-56. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Patriots are ranked 69th).
Parkway South's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Noah Barnes, who posted 18 points and seven assists. Barnes' evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Shanfeld, who went 6 of 7 en route to 13 points and five boards.
Rockwood Summit's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-5. As for Parkway South, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Rockwood Summit will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Eureka at 7:00 p.m. on February 4th. As for Parkway South, they will challenge Clayton at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. Clayton is on a five-game streak of home wins, Parkway South a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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