The Tift County Blue Devils struggled with threes on Thursday (the Lee County Trojans had seven more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Tift County fell 60-49 to Lee County. While losing is never fun, Tift County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Lee County is ranked 15th).
Despite the loss, Tift County still got an impressive performance from Mckyler Horne, who scored eight points along with five rebounds and three steals. TeShawn Bryant was another key contributor, scoring seven points.
Lee County was led to victory by Josiah Parker and Braden Moore. Parker almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds, while Moore scored 21 points along with six assists and five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Moore has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylon Chaney, who scored eight points.
Tift County's loss dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Lee County, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 22-3.
Tift County won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Veterans at 5:30 p.m. on February 16th. Hopefully Tift County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Thursday. As for Lee County, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Houston County at 8:30 p.m. on February 16th. Lee County is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Houston County a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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