The Argonia Red Raiders can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Flinthills 41-39. This was payback for Argonia, who suffered a 50-44 loss the last time these two teams met.
Argonia had a senior duo take command as Dalton Morrison scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and Filippo Leonardi scored 12 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Leonardi is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played.
Despite the loss, Flinthills still got an impressive performance from Tate Leslie, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Hunter, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Argonia's victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-13. As for Flinthills, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-11.
Argonia will face off against South Haven at 7:30 a.m. on Friday. Argonia has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 1-2 during that stretch of close contests. As for Flinthills, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Oxford at 7:30 p.m. Oxfordpresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Flinthills in Kansas (Oxford is ranked 111th, while Flinthills is ranked 326th).
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