The South Charlotte T Thunder fought the good fight in their overtime game against the Forsyth Home Educators Hawks on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 68-67 to the Hawks. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
When it comes to explaining why South Charlotte T lost, one person who can't be blamed is Aaron Hill. Despite the final result, he scored 31 points along with 5 assists. The matchup was Hill's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Luke Rullo was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Leading Forsyth Home Educators to victory were Baylin Clodfelter and Cooper Clontz. Clodfelter dropped a double-double on 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Clontz dropped a double-double on 29 points and 14 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Clontz has scored at least 25% of Forsyth Home Educators' points. Another player making a difference was Dawson Smith, who scored 4 points.
South Charlotte T's defeat was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 5-5. As for Forsyth Home Educators, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-7.
South Charlotte T will be playing in front of their home fans against Metrolina Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Forsyth Home Educators, they will head out on the road to face off against Surry HomeSchool at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Surry HomeSchool focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Friday.
