It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Highland Baptist Christian Bears can now relate to. They took a 50-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Highland Baptist Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while Lincoln Prep is ranked 108th).
Stephen Burks continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lincoln Prep, dropping a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds. Burks is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last ten games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Burton, who scored six points along with ten rebounds and six blocks.
Highland Baptist Christian's loss dropped their record down to 12-19. As for Lincoln Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Highland Baptist Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincoln Prep, they will square off against St. Mary on Friday. Hopefully Lincoln Prep focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Tuesday.
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