Basketball Recap: Lakewood Piles Up the Points Against Berkeley Prep

Spartans

Margin (Wins)

11/21/24 vs Osceola	80
12/09/24 @ Northeast	79
12/11/24 @ Boca Ciega	70
01/21/25 vs Pinellas Park	58
12/03/24 vs Riverview Sarasota	56

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lakewood had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They blew past the Berkeley Prep Buccaneers, posting a 73-35 victory. The Spartans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matchups by 27 points or more this season.

Lakewood had a senior duo take command as Sumayah McIntosh went 7 of 15 en route to 17 points along with seven steals and six assists and Alahni Lovett went 7 for 10 on her way to 19 points and five steals. McIntosh has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last four times she's played. Mikayla Paschal was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals.

Lakewood was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Berkeley Prep only racked up four assists.

Berkeley Prep lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Molly Taylor, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Madeline Dean, who posted seven points and 13 rebounds.

Lakewood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 35.7% in those games and 28.4% outside of them. As for Berkeley Prep, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-14.

Lakewood wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 55-48 defeat against Tampa Catholic on the 6th. Berkeley Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now.