McLean County and Grayson County are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The McLean County Cougars will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Grayson County Cougars at 7:30 p.m. McLean County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Kentucky Rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while Grayson County is ranked 79th).
McLean County fought the good fight in their overtime game against Butler County on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 73-66 to the Bears. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, McLean County saw an underclassman step up: Anna Miller dropped a double-double on 27 points and 17 rebounds. It was the first time this season that Miller pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Lannum, who scored 20 points.
Meanwhile, Grayson County came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.9 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against Muhlenberg County by a score of 47-39.
McLean County dropped their record down to 8-15 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Grayson County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
McLean County was taken down by Grayson County 60-24 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point McLean County was down 40-9.
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