It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Argos can now relate to. They took a hard 54-38 fall against the Trinity Greenlawn Titans on Wednesday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Titans this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 56-49 back in January.
Several Dragons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Luke Stults, who went 9-for-13 to rack up 19 points and five boards. That was a full 50% of Argos' points, marking the 12th time in a row Stults has posted more than a third of the team's points. Zhayne Hellums was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Even though they lost, Argos was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Trinity Greenlawn only eight assists.
Nathan Skendzel was a one-man wrecking crew for Trinity Greenlawn as he shot 64% from the field on his way to 21 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Skendzel a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Abbott, who went 5-for-12 en route to 14 points.
Argos has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-19 record this season. Trinity Greenlawn's victory bumped their record up to 15-8.
Argos does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Trinity Greenlawn, they will take on South Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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