The Macksville Mustangs lost against the St. John Tigers back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Macksville took a 41-32 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. John.
Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Mayce Russell, who scored 15 points along with five steals. That was a full 46.9% of Macksville's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Sanders, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Macksville struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Macksville's defeat dropped their record down to 12-7. As for St. John, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-1.
Macksville will be playing in front of their home fans against Hodgeman County at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Macksville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Friday. St. John does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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