MURFREESBORO — The Community Vikings turned an 8-point halftime deficit into a lead with a strong second half as the Vikings defeated the Central Magnet Tigers 62-56 in a non-district …
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MURFREESBORO — The Community Vikings turned an 8-point halftime deficit into a lead with a strong second half as the Vikings defeated the Central Magnet Tigers 62-56 in a non-district basketball contest Monday night.
Community (12-14, 3-2) started off slow with only seven first-quarter points as Central Magnet (14-11) took a 14-7 lead to the second quarter.
Stratton Lovvorn heated up with nine points in the quarter for the Vikings, but the Tigers still outscored Community 18-17 and took a 32-24 lead into the intermission.
The Vikings started to make a dent in the Tiger lead in the third quarter.
Landon Lovvorn scored eight points and Maki Fleming added four as the Vikings cut the Central Magnet lead to 46-43 heading to the fourth quarter.
Fleming netted eight points in the quarter while Stratton Lovvorn, Landon Lovvorn, and Trace Broiles each added key treys as the Vikings took the lead for good at 51-50 with six minutes to play.
The Tigers got to within one at 56-55 with three minutes left, but the Vikings extended their lead and held Central Magnet to just one point the rest of the way.
Stratton Lovvorn scored 18 points to lead three Vikings in double figures.
Fleming added 16 points while Landon Lovvorn had 11.
Mason Brown had 15 points and Jake Maddox added 10 to lead Central Magnet.
The Vikings were 4-of-11 at the free throw line while the Tigers were 8-of-11.
Community closes out its regular season with a District 7-AA game at Grundy County Friday night.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Community 7 17 19 19 — 62
Central Magnet 14 18 14 10 — 56
Community: Stratton Lovvorn 18, Maki Fleming 16, Landon Lovvorn 11, Trace Broiles 8, Jason Cullum 5, Corey Paterick 3, Cole Crockett 1, Jacob Flannagan, Emery Smith, Ramon Hernandez.
Central Magnet: Mason Brown 15, Jake Maddox 10, Elijah Conard 8, McLane Martin 4, Alex Perry 2, Kyle Messerly 9, Owen Zubkus 6, Will Becker 2.
3-Point goals: Community (8): L. Lovvorn 3, S. Lovvorn 2, Broiles 2, Paterick; Central Magnet (8): Brown 3, Messerly 3, Conard 2.
Halftime score: Central Magnet 32, Community 24.
