Basketball Preview: Lake City Panthers vs. Hannah-Pamplico Raiders
Lake City and Hannah-Pamplico are an even 4-4 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Lake City Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Hannah-Pamplico Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Lake City focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Wednesday.
Lake City is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game dating back to last season on Wednesday. They took a 63-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Florence. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly 11 points.
Lake City might have lost, but man, Blayne Edwards was a machine: he almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Kenjae Burgess, who went 5 for 10 en route to 12 points plus five assists and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Hannah-Pamplico was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 51-37 bruising from Aynor.
Lake City's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Hannah-Pamplico, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Lake City didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Hannah-Pamplico when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 55-51 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hannah-Pamplico's Tylin Jenkins, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lake City still be able to contain Jenkins? There's only one way to find out.
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