Basketball Recap: Walton Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Walton can now relate to. They took a blow against the Andrew Jackson Tigers on Wednesday, falling 74-30. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Tigers are ranked ninth).

Leading Andrew Jackson to victory were Jahari Simmons and Tay'Vion Lawson. Simmons dropped a double-double with 13 points and 12 assists, while Lawson went 7-for-9 en route to 14 points. Those 12 assists gave Simmons a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Williams, who went 7-for-9 to rack up 12 points.

Walton's defeat dropped their record down to 14-14. As for Andrew Jackson, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-2 record this season.

Walton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Andrew Jackson, they will square off against Marianna at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Marianna knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Andrew Jackson likes a good challenge.