On Friday, the M.L. King Lions took a blow against the Mays Raiders, falling 101-41. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Raiders are ranked 94th).
Mays' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Davenport Cox led the charge by going 6 for 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 32 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Cox a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Clayton Coppock, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 23 points in addition to five assists and four steals.
M.L. King dropped their record down to 2-8 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Mays, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.
M.L. King will venture away from home to take on Stone Mountain at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mays and Gadsden City will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on December 20th.
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