Basketball Recap: Thomas County Central Takes a Loss

While it was all tied up 20-20 at halftime, Thomas County Central was not quite Lee County's equal in the second half on Saturday. They took a 51-34 bruising from the Lee County Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Trojans are ranked 55th).

Despite the loss, Thomas County Central still got an impressive performance from Nia Hayes, who posted nine points and four steals. Those four steals gave Hayes a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Chan Dunbar, who earned six points.

Lee County's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Camya Hutcherson, who put up 11 points and seven steals. Hutcherson has been hot for a while, having posted three or more steals the last nine times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Taliyah Porter, who had 11 points and five rebounds.

This is the second loss in a row for Thomas County Central and nudges their season record down to 9-9. As for Lee County, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Thomas County Central wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 51-19 defeat against Lee County on the 25th. As for Lee County, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 51-27 victory against Bainbridge on the 20th.