The Cypress Springs Panthers were the 52-43 winner over the Langham Creek Lobos when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. Cypress Springs fell 78-66 to Langham Creek on Saturday. Cypress Springs has been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.
Cypress Springs lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Stoney Hadnot, who scored 20 points along with nine rebounds. Hadnot scored a full 30.3% of Cypress Springs' points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Gbemi Akinwunmi, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Cypress Springs' loss dropped their record down to 12-4. As for Langham Creek, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cypress Springs is on the road again on Monday and play against Cypress Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on December 11th. Cypress Ridge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 534th, while Cypress Springs is ranked 73rd). As for Langham Creek, they will head out on the road to face off against Cypress Woods at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
