This season hasn't been kind to the Worth County Tigers, who are still winless after their fifth contest. They took a 44-29 bruising from Northeast Nodaway on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Worth County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while Northeast Nodaway is ranked 127th).
Worth County's loss came despite strong showings from Kynah Steele and Kristen Tracy. Steele scored 9 points along with 8 steals, while Tracy scored 6 points along with 5 rebounds. Steele scored a full 31% of Worth County's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Worth County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Northeast Nodaway, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Worth County will take on King City at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Northeast Nodaway, they will be playing at home against Stanberry at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
