The North Springs Spartans pushed their score all the way to 62 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Greater Atlanta Christian 67-62. While losing is never fun, North Springs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Greater Atlanta Christian is ranked 39th).
Despite the loss, North Springs still got an impressive performance from Esmer Madesko, who almost dropped a double-double on 34 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Robert Harris, who scored 12 points.
Greater Atlanta Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rich Rojas led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Carpenter, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds.
North Springs has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-19 record this season. As for Greater Atlanta Christian, their win bumped their record up to 21-7.
North Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Greater Atlanta Christian, they will head out on the road to challenge Calhoun at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Greater Atlanta Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday.
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