Southport senior AJ Dancler pauses to greet two young fans, twins Lincoln and Nolan Klopfenstein, Saturday afternoon after the Cardinals basketball standout set a new career scoring record of 1,377 points. The previous record was 1,367 points. Dancler and the fans are at Decatur Central where the host Hawks upended Southport, 67-60. Southport visits Hamilton Southeastern Saturday and returns to Southport Fieldhouse to face Pike Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Southport senior AJ Dancler (1) drives against Decatur Central’s Ty’reese Burnett (2) Saturday at the Dave “Doc” Rather Gymnasium. Dancler scored 20 points to surpass Kellon Thomas as the Cardinals’ all-time career scorer. Teammates Nickens Lemba also scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Keyon Miller added 12 points. Southport is 13-6 overall but is undefeated in Conference Indiana competition. The host Hawks are 9-7 overall and unbeaten in the Mid-State Conference. Pike visits Southport Tuesday. Decatur Central visits league foe Whiteland Friday.
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