Malden was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss dating back to last season. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 40-35 heartbreaker at the hands of the Bloomfield Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 413th, while the Wildcats are ranked 176th).
Malden's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Bloomfield, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-2.
Malden will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Caruthersville at 7:30 p.m. on January 7th. Caruthersville knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Malden likes a good challenge. As for Bloomfield, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 49-37 win against Doniphan on the 28th.
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