The Lithonia Bulldogs will face off against the Towers Titans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lithonia has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the sixth.
Lithonia's tournament run continued when they took on Apopka on Saturday. Lithonia was beaten by Apopka 56-21. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 382nd in Georgia, while the Blue Darters are ranked 54th in Florida).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 85-54, which was the final score in Towers' tilt against Business Engineering Science Tech two weeks ago.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Jalen Kelly and Joshua Mickell. Mickell had a great game and went 11 for 22 on his way to 25 points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals. Meanwhile, Kelly did his best for the losing side, putting up 14 points and three steals.
Lithonia's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Towers, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-4.
Lithonia came up short against Towers in their previous matchup on December 14th, falling 65-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Towers' Dashaun Young, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Lithonia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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