The Edinburgh Lancers pushed their score all the way to 59 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 67-59 to North Decatur. Despite running the score up even higher than they did last Saturday (56), Edinburgh still had to take the loss.
Edinburgh lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Austin Brockman, who scored 16 points along with five assists. Those 16 points set a new season-high mark for him. Connor Ramey was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 16 points and ten assists.
Even though they lost, Edinburgh were working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Edinburgh's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for North Decatur, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Edinburgh won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Milan at 7:30 p.m. on December 9th. North Decatur won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Oldenburg Academy at 7:30 p.m. on December 9th. Oldenburg Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 339th, while North Decatur is ranked 79th).
