Basketball Game Preview: Lakewood Cougars vs. Squalicum Storm

Cougars

Points

02/14/25 vs Sehome	49
02/12/25 @ Burlington-Edison	40
02/08/25 @ Lynden Christian	33
02/07/25 vs Anacortes	68
01/30/25 vs Mt. Baker	65
+ 18 more games

Lakewood hasn't had much luck against Squalicum recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Lakewood Cougars will challenge the Squalicum Storm at 6:00 p.m. Lakewood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season.

Lakewood will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Sehome, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Lakewood snuck past Sehome with a 49-43 victory on Friday.

Lakewood can attribute much of their success to Janelle Bagtas, who posted 12 points, and Karly Stewart, who put up nine points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Tocco, who had six points.

Meanwhile, Squalicum suffered their biggest loss since January 18th on Friday. They were beaten by Lynden 61-27. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Lions are ranked first).

Squalicum's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Lakewood, their win bumped their record up to 10-13.

Lakewood suffered a grim 67-42 defeat to Squalicum in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Lakewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.