It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Salisbury Elk Lick Elks can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 44-43 to the Indians. Salisbury Elk Lick's defeat continues an unfortunate trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Despite the defeat, Salisbury Elk Lick saw an underclassman step up: Lance Jones scored 21 points along with six rebounds and five steals. Drake Sellers was another key contributor, scoring five points along with 12 rebounds and four blocks.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Southern Fulton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Mellott, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Mellott has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Trentin Cain, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Salisbury Elk Lick's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Southern Fulton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Salisbury Elk Lick does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southern Fulton, they will head out on the road to face off against Berlin Brothersvalley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Berlin Brothersvalley's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
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