Lenawee Christian fought the good fight in their overtime game against Summerfield on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Summerfield Bulldogs by a score of 73-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (62), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
01/17/25 vs Summerfield | 36 |
01/14/25 @ Whiteford | 22 |
01/10/25 @ Erie-Mason | 15 |
01/07/25 @ Blissfield | 18 |
01/04/25 vs Tri-Unity Christian | 15 |
Despite the loss, Lenawee Christian still got an impressive performance from Jaxon Salenbien, who went 14 of 25 on his way to 36 points and three steals. Salenbien's evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Kaulins, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 boards.
Even though they lost, Lenawee Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in eight consecutive matches.
Lenawee Christian's loss ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2. As for Summerfield, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 12-0.
Lenawee Christian has already played their next contest (against Clinton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Summerfield will face off against Britton Deerfield at 7:00 p.m. on January 24th.
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