The Sports Leadership & Management Bulls fought the good fight in their overtime contest against the Cedar Reds on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Reds by a score of 79-76. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Monday (55), Sports Leadership & Management still had to take the loss.
Andre Cade and Noah Tomlin certainly did their best on Thursday to try and avoid the loss. Cade dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds, while Tomlin scored 21 points along with nine rebounds. The game was Cade's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Alaijah Young was another key contributor, scoring six points along with six assists and three steals.
Sports Leadership & Management now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Cedar, their victory bumped their record up to 1-7.
Sports Leadership & Management won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Spanish Fork at 3:30 p.m. on December 15th. Spanish Fork is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak. Cedar won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Manti at 5:00 p.m. on December 15th. Manti knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past seven matchups -- so hopefully Cedar likes a good challenge.