Austin easily dispatched Switzerland County last Saturday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Austin Eagles fell just short of the Southwestern Rebels by a score of 53-51 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Rebels are ranked 80th).
Braxton Lewis was his usual excellent self, going 8-for-15 on his way to 23 points for Southwestern. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Kidwell, who posted 11 points.
Austin dropped their record down to 8-13 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Southwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Austin has already played their next contest (against North Harrison), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Southwestern, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 62-51 win against Scottsburg on the 22nd.
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