Tri-Cities Christian's tournament run continued when they took on South Gibson on Friday. The Tri-Cities Christian Eagles came up short against the South Gibson Hornets, falling 54-32. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Hornets are ranked 15th).
Emery Haws was Tri-Cities Christian's leading scorer, having posted 11 points. Ella Jaworski held things down on the boards with 11 rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
South Gibson was led to victory by Ivy Cianciolo and Jade Reed. Cianciolo went 5 of 7 on her way to 14 points and three steals, while Reed posted 12 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Those 14 points gave Cianciolo a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Serenity Johnson, who put up six points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Tri-Cities Christian and nudges their season record down to 8-6. As for South Gibson, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
Tri-Cities Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 56-39 win against DeKalb County on the 20th. As for South Gibson, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 47-43 defeat against Hutchison on the 21st.
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