The Perry Central Bulldogs were the 75-64 winner over the Long Beach Bearcats when they last played one another back in November of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Perry Central suffered a rough 55-29 defeat at the hands of Long Beach on Saturday. Perry Central was down 44-18 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the defeat, Perry Central had strong showings from Aydin Lawrence, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds, and Kaden Bolton, who scored six points along with eight rebounds. Bolton hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for nine straight games.
Perry Central's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Long Beach, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-23.
Perry Central will take on West Marion at TBD on Tuesday. Perry Central is facing West Marion at the right time seeing as West Marion is stuck on a 14-game losing streak. As for Long Beach, they will head out on the road to square off against West Harrison at 8:00 p.m. on Monday. West Harrison presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Long Beach in Mississippi (West Harrison is ranked 83rd, while Long Beach is ranked 229th).
