Basketball Recap: Crawford County Drops Season-High Score on Furlow Charter School

Eagles

Team Score

01/11/25 vs Furlow Charter School	106
12/17/24 @ Webster County	73
12/07/24 @ Lamar County	72
12/13/24 vs Chattahoochee County	69
12/05/24 vs Pike County	67

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crawford County). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat the Furlow Charter School Falcons 106-20. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Crawford County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Elijah Prater, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Prater a new career-high in assists (two). Chadrick Price was another key player, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Crawford County was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.

Furlow Charter School's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Riley Thompkins, who posted seven points.

Crawford County's record now sits at 7-8. As for Furlow Charter School, they are on a 32-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-13.

Crawford County will take on Macon County at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Macon County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.1 points per game this season. As for Furlow Charter School, it'll be Battle of the Birds when the Furlow Charter School Falcons duke it out with the Marion County Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.