It was a proper cat-fight when Central duked it out withCalhoun on Saturday. The Central Lions lost to the Calhoun Tigers on the road by a 91-74 margin. The Lions have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Christian Lawrence
| 01/18/25 @ Calhoun | 25 |
| 11/19/24 vs Bullock County | 22 |
| 11/21/24 vs Wilcox Central | 21 |
| 11/14/24 @ Luverne | 20 |
| 12/05/24 @ Luverne | 20 |
Despite the loss, Central had strong showings from Iyanis Wallace, who went 11 of 19 en route to 28 points, and Christian Lawrence, who went 10 for 16 on his way to 25 points. The dominant performance gave Lawrence a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Amari Surles, who posted ten points.
It was another big night for Tyler Robertson, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 21 boards for Calhoun. Robertson has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Taylor Robertson was another key player, putting up 17 points and six boards.
Central's defeat dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Calhoun, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-7.
Central has already played their next match (against Ellwood Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Calhoun will take on Stanhope Elmore at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Calhoun knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Stanhope Elmore likes a good challenge.
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