The Covington Trojans and the Carroll Cougars squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Covington Trojans had to settle for second. They lost to the Cougars on the road by a decisive 63-49 margin. Covington just can't catch a break and has now endured five defeats in a row.
Defeat or not, Covington got some senior leadership from Coye Ferguson and Kolten Haymaker. Ferguson dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Haymaker. scored 18 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Haymaker has scored all season. Curt Slider was another key contributor, scoring six points along with three steals.
Eli Falkenberg continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Carroll, dropping a double-double on 23 points and 15 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Chris Huerta, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Covington's loss dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Carroll, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-9.
Covington does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Carroll, they and Lafayette Central Catholic will face off at 7:00 p.m. on March 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. One thing working in Carroll's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three matches.
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