The West Prairie Cyclones pushed their score all the way to 63 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Hartsburg-Emden 69-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (60), West Prairie still had to take the loss.
Several Cyclones players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Cole Cordell, who scored 21 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Cordell has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Coplan, who scored 15 points.
Hartsburg-Emden's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Evan Cross led the charge by dropping a double-double on 25 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it 19 consecutive games in which Cross has scored at least a third of Hartsburg-Emden's points. Another player making a difference was Jace Whitted, who scored 14 points along with eight assists and three steals.
West Prairie dropped their record down to 4-24 with that defeat, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Hartsburg-Emden, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-21.
West Prairie and Augusta Southeastern will face off at 6:00 p.m. on February 13th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hartsburg-Emden does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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