If Central Crossing was riding high fresh off their 53-28 takedown of Whetstone last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Central Crossing Comets fell 67-56 to the Lincoln Lions on Friday. The Comets' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Central Crossing lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Savannah Hamilton, who had 20 points along with five rebounds and five steals. That was a full 35.7% of Central Crossing's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Izabella Bueno, who went 5 for 8 en route to 12 points plus two steals.
Even though they lost, Central Crossing smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in five consecutive contests.
Central Crossing's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-2. As for Lincoln, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Central Crossing will challenge Westland at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Crossing has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. As for Lincoln, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 34-27 loss against Start on the 8th.
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