Sadly, the Boys' Home Hilltoppers are still looking for their first win of the season after 13 games. They took a 76-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lewisburg Baptist Academy on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Boys' Home can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 449th in Virginia, while Lewisburg Baptist Academy is ranked 101st in West Virginia).
It was another big night for Austin Beane, who scored 29 points along with six assists and three steals for Lewisburg Baptist Academy. Beane has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Brookman, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 18 rebounds.
Boys' Home's defeat was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Boys' Home will head out on the road to take on Stuart Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Jefferson Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Hopefully Lewisburg Baptist Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday.
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