It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Florence Huskies can now relate to. Their tough 61-41 loss to the Stallions on Wednesday might stick with them for a while. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Florence has scored all season.
Despite the loss, Florence still got an impressive performance from Gage Goodall, who scored 16 points. Goodall has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Gunnar Phillips, who scored nine points.
Leading Banning Lewis Academy to victory were Joseph Bjegovich and Trey Oden. Bjegovich scored 16 points along with six assists and five steals, while Oden went 9 for 15 from beyond the arc en route to 29 points and 3 assists. Bjegovich is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last nine games he's played. Jordan Jones was another key contributor, scoring four points along with nine rebounds and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Florence and nudges their season record down to 8-12. As for Banning Lewis Academy, the win (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 17-3.
Florence will take on St. Mary's at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Florence focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Wednesday. Banning Lewis Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Salida at 8:30 p.m. on February 23rd. Banning Lewis Academy is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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