The Alcorn Central Bears entered their tilt with the Belmont Cardinals with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Alcorn Central walked away with a 62-53 win over Belmont on Wednesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Alcorn Central also won the last time the pair played back in January.
Several Cardinals players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ty Ramsey, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Khalil Luster, who scored 16 points along with eight rebounds.
Alcorn Central is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-15 record this season. As for Belmont, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-10.
Alcorn Central will head out on the road to challenge Booneville at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Booneville is coming into the game with 11 straight wins at home, so Alcorn Central is out to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Belmont, they will face off against Mantachie at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Belmont focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Wednesday.
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