Basketball Recap: Sehome Gets the Win

53 must be Sehome's lucky number: they beat Lakewood with that score not once but twice on Thursday. The Mariners beat the Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 53-40. The win continues a trend for the Mariners in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won three in a row.

Lakewood lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Karly Stewart, who posted 18 points and six steals. That was a full 45% of Lakewood's points, marking the tenth time in a row Stewart has scored more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Aleya Lewis, who put up ten points.

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Previous Games

02/12/26 - Home	53-40 W
02/12/26 - Home	53-40 W
01/16/26 - Home	61-54 W
02/14/25 - Away	42-49 L
01/17/25 - Away	43-55 L
+ 5 more games

Sehome's victory bumped their record up to 17-7. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 14-8.

Coming up, Sehome will venture away from home to square off against Lynden at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Mariners will need to watch out since the Lions have now posted at least 55 points in their last 12 contests. Lakewood will be paying especially close attention to Sehome's game: after Sehome faces off against Burlington-Edison, they'll take on Lakewood again at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.