The Trinity Lutheran Cougars struggled with threes on Friday (the Columbus East Olympians had 500% more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Trinity Lutheran took a 52-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of Columbus East. While losing is never fun, Trinity Lutheran can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 291st, while Columbus East is ranked 118th).
When it comes to explaining why Trinity Lutheran lost, one person who can't be blamed is Peyton Pollert. Despite the final result, he scored 11 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Levi Pottschmidt, who scored 8 points along with 6 rebounds.
Columbus East found their leader in underclassman Keaton Lawson, who scored 12 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Another player making a difference was Danny Coriden, who scored 11 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Trinity Lutheran and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Columbus East, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Trinity Lutheran won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Hauser at 7:30 p.m. on December 2nd. Columbus East won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Southwestern at 7:30 p.m. on December 2nd. Hopefully Southwestern focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Friday.
