Knights Lose Area Game
To Madison County

Joe Cagle (20) hits three from corner. Grant Smith (35) in foreground.
Photo Special To Arab Today By Janna York

Gurley, Jan. 13, 2009 – Special
The Knights took a step backwards tonight and dropped an Area 14 game to Madison County by a lopsided score of 59 – 35. The Knights fell behind 17 – 3 by the end of the first quarter and were never able to recover. The loss drops Arab back to .500 with an 11 – 11 record and Fort Payne coming to town Friday. The Madison County Tigers go to 8 – 7. Arab drops to 2 – 3 in Area 14 play with one Area game remaining. Madison County is now 3 – 1 with games remaining against Scottsboro and Fort Payne.

The Tigers opened up the game hitting 5/5 from behind the arc to grab a lead that was never in jeopardy. Cordarius Cross did most of the early damage with Hunter Allen piling on. Cross was the games leading scorer with 15. Allen added six and five rebounds. Brett Gurley added 12 points for the Tigers.

Wesley Hohn led the Knights with eight points and Jared Myers added six.

   Matt Strawn (21) on defense against Alan Reese
Photo Special To Arab Today By Janna York

Madison County out-rebounded Arab 35 – 19.

The Knights will play another Area 14 contest against Fort Payne, the last regular season Area game, Friday in Arab. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

Madison County’s next outing will be next Tuesday, 1/20, at Scottsboro. They will finish Area play next Thursday, 1/22, at home against Fort Payne.

Shawn Allen pulls in rebound
Photo Special To Arab Today By Janna York

Box score:

Arab	points	Madison Co.	points
Jonathan Embry	1	Jason Smith	7
Wes Hohn	8	Toney Gurley	4
Burnham Hawk	4	Roddrick Bradford	9
Jared Myers	6	Hunter Allen	6
Lake Graham	2	Grant Smith	2
Lee Elrod	3	Cordarius Cross	15
Joe Cagle	3	Brett Gurley	12
Jake Mann	2	Wade Lenoir	4
Shawn Allen	2
David Underwood	4
Totals	35		59

 

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Arab	3	10	11	11	35
Madison County	17	13	20	9	59

Thanks to Arab statisticians Dr. Andy Mann and Jake Maze for game data.