It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rabun Gap-Nacoochee can now relate to. They took an 80-76 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cannon Cougars. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (64), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Leading Cannon to victory were Sean Nix and Evan Ingram. Nix went 11 of 21 to rack up 37 points, while Ingram went 13 for 29 en route to 31 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Nix has scored at least a third of Cannon's points. Another player making a difference was Jake Baker, who posted seven points and 13 assists.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee's loss dropped their record down to 13-16. As for Cannon, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cannon, they will head out to challenge Christ School at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Cannon knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 26 contests -- so hopefully Christ School likes a good challenge.
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