Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Commerce). In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 70-69 victory over the Franklin County Lions. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Tigers also won the last time the pair played two weeks ago.
Commerce got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Essien Lockleer out in front who went 8 for 10 en route to 18 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Evan Peters, who went 7 for 10 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds.
The victory made it two in a row for Commerce and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Franklin County, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.
Commerce has already played their next game (against Franklin County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Franklin County, they will venture away from home to square off against Pendleton at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pendleton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.
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