Basketball Recap: Lovett Falls Short of Mount Paran Christian in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lovett can now relate to. They took a hard 73-54 fall against the Mount Paran Christian Eagles on Saturday.

Cameron Cannon

Points

02/22/25 @ Mount Paran Christian	19
02/19/25 vs Athens Academy	23
02/15/25 @ Holy Innocents Episcopal	16
02/13/25 vs KIPP Atlanta Collegiate	19

Lovett lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Cameron Cannon, who on his way to 19 points. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Landyn Murphy was another key player, to rack up 14 points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mount Paran Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jt Scott, who en route to 19 points. Another player making a difference was Shane Goines, who on his way to 16 points and five boards.

Lovett dropped their record down to 17-12 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Mount Paran Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a massive bump to their 19-13 record this season.

Lovett does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mount Paran Christian, they will challenge Paideia on Wednesday. Mount Paran Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 contests -- so hopefully Paideia likes a good challenge.