Basketball Game Recap: Spencer County Bears vs. Taylor County Cardinals

By Team Reports Dec 4, 2023, 1:47pm

Recap: Spencer County Bears vs. Taylor County Cardinals

The Spencer County Bears pushed their score all the way to 81 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Taylor County by a score of 83-81. Spencer County lost against Taylor County in their previous head to head back in December of 2018, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 72-66 score last time.

Defeat or not, Spencer County got some senior leadership from Camden Cox who went 6 for 12 from beyond the arc en route to 31 points and 3 assists and Luke Erhardt who scored 31 points. Erhardt scored a full 38.3% of Spencer County's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keaton Baird, who scored 10 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Spencer County's loss dropped their record down to 2-1. As for Taylor County, they now have a winning record of 2-1.

Spencer County will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against DeSales at 4:30 p.m. on December 9th. As for Taylor County, they will face off against Wayne County at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.