Basketball Preview: Commerce Tigers vs. Lincoln County Red Devils
Commerce is 6-0 against Lincoln County since February of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Commerce Tigers will be playing at home against the Lincoln County Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Commerce focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 21 on Monday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Lincoln County is headed out to face a Tigers team ready to give their home crowd a win. Commerce took a 55-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Prince Avenue Christian.
Despite the defeat, Commerce saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Arianna Patman went 7 for 17 en route to 20 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Vi 'Tory Williams, who posted 12 points plus seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Lincoln County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell to Augusta Christian 44-40.
Lincoln County might have lost, but man, Syriah Hogan was a machine: she went 6 for 13 en route to 22 points plus eight rebounds and two steals.
Commerce took their victory against Lincoln County in their previous meeting back in January of 2023 by a conclusive 42-18. Does Commerce have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lincoln County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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