The Alexander Cougars waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with eight straight wins but they left with nine. Everything went their way against Langston Hughes as Alexander made off with a 67-44 victory. That's another feather in the cap for Alexander, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Alexander was led to victory by Gregory Dunson and Braedan Lue. Dunson scored 20 points along with five rebounds and two steals, while Lue scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. Lue is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Another player making a difference was Jermaine Freeman, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Langston Hughes lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cameron Catholic, who scored 14 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Walthour, who scored eight points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Alexander's win was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-2. As for Langston Hughes, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-7.
Alexander will head out on the road to square off against South Paulding at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Alexander is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Georgia (they are ranked fourth, while South Paulding is ranked 52nd). As for Langston Hughes, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against New Manchester at 7:30 p.m. on February 7th. New Manchester will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 139th, while Langston Hughes is ranked 21st).
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