Basketball Recap: Lafayette Drops Highest Score of Season Against Jamestown

By Team Reports Jan 30, 2025, 8:37pm

Basketball Recap: Lafayette Rams vs. Jamestown Eagles

Rams

Margin (Wins)

01/30/25 @ Jamestown37
12/05/24 @ New Kent36
12/17/24 vs Jamestown34
01/21/25 vs New Kent34
01/28/25 vs Smithfield27

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lafayette). They blew past the Jamestown Eagles, posting a 61-24 win. The Rams have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 22 points or more this season.

Lafayette's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sarah Lynch led the charge by putting up 20 points and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave Lynch a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of MaKayla Keys, who posted eight points in addition to nine assists and three steals.

The victory was the third in a row for Lafayette, bringing their record for this year to 9-5. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.3 points per game. As for Jamestown, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-10.

Lafayette has already played their next match (against York), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Jamestown will square off against Warhill at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Warhill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.2 points per game this season.

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