This season hasn't been kind to the Foley Lions, who are still winless after their eighth matchup. They took a 64-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Florida on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Foley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 320th in Alabama, while West Florida is ranked 26th in Florida).
Leading West Florida to victory were Dominick Nicholson and Amir Young. Nicholson scored 20 points along with 6 assists and 5 rebounds, while Young scored 19 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Nicholson has scored at least 25% of West Florida's points. Another player making a difference was Devin Bonner, who scored 11 points along with 5 rebounds.
Foley bumped their record down to 0-8 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for West Florida, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Foley will be playing at home against Baldwin County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for West Florida, they will head out on the road to face off against Escambia at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
