Basketball Recap: Lackawanna Skates Past West Seneca East with Ease

Steelers

Team Score

01/08/25 @ West Seneca East	85
12/07/24 vs Southwestern	66
01/04/25 vs Pioneer	53
01/02/25 vs Bishop Timon-St. Jude	46
12/18/24 vs Lake Shore	42

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lackawanna). They blew past the West Seneca East Trojans 85-57 on Wednesday. The score was close at the half, but the Steelers pulled away in the second half with 54 points.

West Seneca East's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dominic Madding, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Craig Leslie, who went 7 for 9 on his way to 16 points and six rebounds.

With the win, Lackawanna broke their five-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5. As for West Seneca East, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-3.

Lackawanna will square off against Cheektowaga at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for West Seneca East, they will take on Lake Shore at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Shore has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.