The Lamar County Trojans and the Athens Christian Eagles squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the Lamar County Trojans had to settle for second. They took a 57-42 bruising from the Eagles. Lamar County's defeat signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Lamar County still got an impressive performance from Shakiria Foster, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds. That was a full 59.5% of Lamar County's points, marking the 12th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Journi Harris, who scored five points along with five rebounds.
Lamar County's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-6. As for Athens Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season.
Lamar County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Athens Christian, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 70-38 loss vs. St. Francis on the 1st.
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