Evans was the 51-40 winner over Burke County when they last played one another back in December of 2022, but their luck changed this time around. The Evans Knights fell 75-63 to the Burke County Bears on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Bears are ranked 93rd).
Burke County found their leader in freshman De'Quayvian Lovette, who went 12 for 18 on his way to 28 points and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Lovette has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of La'Quinton Morgan, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Evans and nudges their season record down to 5-8. As for Burke County, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Evans will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Midland Valley at 6:30 p.m. on December 30th. As for Burke County, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, an 81-73 win against South Aiken on the 21st.
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