Basketball Recap: Treutlen Takes a Loss

Treutlen lost against East Laurens back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Treutlen Vikings fell just short of the East Laurens Falcons by a score of 78-75. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 350th, while the Falcons are ranked 129th).

It was another big night for Tylan Snead, who dropped a triple-double with 20 points, 15 boards, and ten assists for East Laurens. The matchup was Snead's sixth in a row with at least 20 points. Skyler Snead was another key player, dropping a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds.

Treutlen's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for East Laurens, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.

Treutlen wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 49-36 defeat against Dublin on the 8th. East Laurens does not have any more games scheduled as of now.