The Lake City Panthers routed the visiting Kingstree Blazers basketball team by a final score of 39-9 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Panthers face the Carvers Bay Bears (Hemingway, SC) in a non-league game, on Friday, December 22. Lake City will attempt to move on its 7-0 season record. The Bears enter the game with a 6-2 record after their 29-18 non-league win over St. James (Murrells Inlet, SC).

With the defeat, Kingstree moves to 1-3 on the year. The Blazers travel to Manning (Manning, SC) to face the Monarchs in a non-league game on Thursday, January 4. The Monarchs enter the game with a record of 0-1. Manning lost 26-12 in their recent non-league game against Lake City (Lake City, SC)