Basketball Recap: Circle Comes Up Short

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Circle couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 52-51 to the Lustre Christian Lions. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Lions this season, with their most recent loss being a 61-49 defeat two weeks ago.

Circle's loss dropped their record down to 11-4. As for Lustre Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.

As of now, neither Circle nor Lustre Christian have any future games scheduled.