St. Francis and North Cobb Christian squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but St. Francis had to settle for second. They fell 76-64 to the North Cobb Christian Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Eagles are ranked 24th).
Despite the loss, St. Francis still got an impressive performance from Greg Howard, who went 11-for-19 on his way to 30 points. That was a full 46.9% of St. Francis' points, marking the third time in a row Howard has posted more than a third of the team's points. Jaylen Sammuel was another key player, putting up ten points.
North Cobb Christian's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brock Bass Bonner, who shot 48% from the field en route to 29 points and seven boards. Bass Bonner's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Butler, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
St. Francis' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-11. As for North Cobb Christian, the victory (which was their 18th in a row) raised their record to 27-3.
St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Cobb Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 57-51 win against Greenforest on the 28th.
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