Cannon County Lionette basketball fans will have to watch the Lionettes play without the services of their leading scorer Kelli Davis. Davis who injured her hand in the first game of the Sonic Sparta Shootout right after Christmas, initially got the report that it was a bad sprain. Davis returned back to action first of January against Warren County and played in the loss last week in Baxter to Upperman. After the game, Davis went for a second opinion and got the bad news that it was fractured and Davis will miss several games in order for it to heal up. Friday night the Lionettes played Livingston and they missed Davis’s contributions. Livingston used a full court press and got out to a big lead right away in the game at Robert A Harris gymnasium. The Lionettes saw the full court press continuously for three quarters and didn’t have an answer for it as they fell to the Livingston Wildcats 83-48. Maleah Scott led the Lionettes with 10 points.
Even though the Cannon County Lions lost to Upperman last Tuesday, they felt they were in good shape only losing by two and in the last second of the game in Baxter. Livingston made them realize they still have a lot of work to do in order to get their team turned around. The Lions who have struggled in the third quarter in most of their games continued to do so as Livingston turned a one point lead into a 14 point advantage outscoring the Lions 21-8 in the third quarter and winning 71-55. The Lions are still winless in District 8-AA play. Their next shot will be Tuesday in Smithville against rival Dekalb County.
