Basketball Recap: Lawrenceburg Takes a Loss

It was a proper cat-fight when Lawrenceburg took on Greenfield-Central on Saturday. The Lawrenceburg Tigers were outmatched by the Greenfield-Central Cougars and fell 74-44. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Cougars are ranked 13th).

Lawrenceburg's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Noah Knigga, who posted eight points in addition to nine rebounds and six assists. Knigga has been hot recently, having posted eight or more boards the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Keaten McGrath, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and five rebounds.

Greenfield-Central had a senior duo take command as Braylon Mullins went 11 of 17 on his way to 27 points along with seven rebounds and five assists and Michael Johnson went 6 of 10 en route to 17 points along with six rebounds and five assists. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Mullins has scored at least a third of Greenfield-Central's points. Boston Willard was another key player, putting up seven points and seven assists.

Lawrenceburg's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-2. As for Greenfield-Central, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.

Lawrenceburg wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 77-35 loss against New Palestine on the 27th. As for Greenfield-Central, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 69-66 win against Jeffersonville on the 28th.