The Shelbyville Golden Bears were the 54-47 winner over the East Central Trojans when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Shelbyville took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of East Central on Saturday. Shelbyville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Shelbyville saw an underclassman step up: Mar Nicholson dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Claxton, who scored 12 points.
Dylan Maxwell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for East Central, scoring 22 points along with seven assists and six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Maxwell has scored all season. Eli Ertel was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with eight rebounds.
Shelbyville's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for East Central, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-12.
Shelbyville will take on Seymour at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Shelbyville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Saturday. As for East Central, they will head out on the road to take on Greensburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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