On Monday, the A.C. Flora Falcons greeted the New Year with with a 66-49 win over the York Cougars. The Falcons pushed the score to 53-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
When it comes to explaining why York lost, don't look at Christian Smith. Despite the final result, he went 5 for 9 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zan Walling, who posted four points and six rebounds.
The victory got A.C. Flora back to even at 7-7. As for York, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.
A.C. Flora and York could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings. A.C. Flora (ranked 81st) will meet Lancaster (ranked third) at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Similarly, York (ranked 245th) will meet South Pointe (ranked 43rd) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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