Cedar Creek entered their match against Elgin on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Cedar Creek Eagles fell just short of the Elgin Wildcats by a score of 77-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (66), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, Cedar Creek got some senior leadership from Kenji Franklin and Phineas Koplin. Franklin almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds, while Koplin went 10 for 18 en route to 28 points plus five rebounds. That was a full 37.8% of Cedar Creek's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Eli Meyers was another key player, earning seven points.
Even though they lost, Cedar Creek was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Cedar Creek's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-5. As for Elgin, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Cedar Creek won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Akins at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Cedar Creek's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven contests. As for Elgin, they will be playing at home against Lake Belton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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