Tallassee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat. They fell 70-63 to the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (57), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Tallassee lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Rowen Thornton, who posted 23 points. That was a full 36.5% of Tallassee's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Sawyer Compton, who put up 14 points.
Tallassee's loss dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Stanhope Elmore, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-12.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Tallassee will take on LAMP at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Tallassee's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three games. As for Stanhope Elmore, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Bessemer City at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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