If the Rocket City Falcons were riding high off their 77-52 takedown of Bradley Knights last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Rocket City suffered a tough 64-43 defeat at the hands of CSTHEA on Thursday. Rocket City has not had much luck with CSTHEA recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Loss or not, Rocket City got some senior leadership from Kai Parsons and Lucian Borchers. Parsons dropped a double-double on 12 points and 16 rebounds, while Borchers. scored 16 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Borchers hasn't dropped below two steals for 11 straight games.
Jonathan Swanson was his usual excellent self, going 7 for 12 from beyond the arc en route to 29 points and 5 assists for CSTHEA. Another player making a difference was Jakyse Locklin, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
Rocket City's defeat dropped their record down to 10-15. As for CSTHEA, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-16 record this season.
Rocket City and Nashville Central Christian will face off at 11:15 a.m. on February 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Rocket City is facing Nashville Central Christian at the right time seeing as Nashville Central Christian is stuck on a 11-game losing streak. As for CSTHEA, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Bluegrass at 11:15 a.m. on February 16th. CSTHEA is coming into the game with five straight wins on the road, so Bluegrass will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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