By T. Scott Boatright
The Choudrant Aggies cruised past Calvin on the road Friday night before running into a Texas-sized juggernaut in a home game against Lone State state opponent Frankston on Saturday to wrap up weekend play for the CHS boys hoopsters.
Choudrant stormed out to an early lead en route to a 68-39 win at Saline on Friday before Frankston slowly overpowered the Aggies, 72-48, on Saturday.
“At this point in the season it’s about doing whatever you can to challenge yourself and get better,” said Aggies coach Ryan Smith. “We played well against Calvin and knew what kind of team we were facing in Frankston.
“But if you want to be the best you have to play the best. So we’re going to learn from that one and move on to our next game.”
Senior post player Michael Jones led the Aggies with 25 points while Carson Carrico connected on three 3-pointers for the Aggies, who also got six points from Tucker Batteron and four each from Lawson Stevens and Braden Soto.
Frankson was led by Brayden Madison, a junior guard who hit for 28 points, including seven 3-pointers.
Next up for the Aggies (12-7) is a game against St. Frederick (3-3) at 7:30 p.m. today in the CHS Boys Gym.
St. Frederick won a home game against Choudrant on Dec. 8 by the score of 83-44.
“We need our home crowd to come out and support us in this one,” Smith said. “It should be a great game and we need to take advantage of that home crowd and see what we can do playing in front of our supporters to give us some extra energy.”
Aggies 68, Saline 66
After a sluggish start the Aggies ignited late in the opening stanza, leading 18-7 at the end of the first quarter Friday night before storming out to a 41-15 advantage over the Cougars.
Sophomore Carson Carrico led the way for the Aggies with 18 points while senior post player Michael Jones led Choudrant with 17 points, Lawson Stevens chipped in with 15 and Braden Soto hit for 14 points for the Aggies.
