Greenwood Christian (13-8) – Jelling under fiery first-year coach Jonny Marlin … winners of seven of last nine games … opened with three straight defeats … Cougars favor fast-pace games, scoring 65 points per outing, 96 points against Waldron Feb. 13 … defense makes 9.1 steals per game … led by trio of senior Kegan Owen, 16.7 points, 5.0 rebounds; sophomore Champ McCorkle, 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds; and junior Payton Modlin, 11.6 points … Owen and junior Quinten Steele are one-two, respectively, in steals … ended regular season Tuesday against University … face Providence Cristo Rey in Lutheran Sectional Feb. 28 … in opposite bracket of reigning 1A state champ and No. 8 Tindley … Cougars could reach title game March 3.
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Lutheran (3-17) – 53-52 loss to Monrovia stretched losing skid to 11 games … wins came against Jac-Cen-Del, South Decatur and Providence Cristo Ray … three wins lowest since four in 2002-03 … average only 48.7 points on offense … 1-8 against non-1A teams … never found way to replace scoring punch of five seniors from last year’s team … seniors Max Lowry and Trevor Russell in backcourt … juniors gaining experience … Bethesda Christian visits Thursday … open own sectional Tuesday against Central Christian (16-6), which defeated the Saints 62-49 in their season opener. |
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