Basketball Preview: Leake Central Gators vs. Canton Tigers
The Leake Central Gators will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Canton Tigers, where tip off is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Canton is facing Leake Central at the wrong time: Leake Central suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 47-46 to the Panthers. The loss continues a trend for the Gators in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Canton came up short against Clinton on Thursday and fell 50-39. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Despite the defeat, Canton got top-tier performance from Shamira Morton, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. The matchup was Morton's fourth in a row with at least ten points.
Leake Central's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Canton, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1.
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