Basketball Recap: Pyramid Lake Piles Up the Points Against Smith Valley

Lakers

Margin (Wins)

01/29/25 vs Sierra Sage Academy/Right Of Passage	60
01/14/25 vs Smith Valley	60
01/04/25 @ Mineral County	59
01/11/25 @ Sierra Sage Academy/Right Of Passage	54
12/12/24 @ Dunsmuir	51

Smith Valley typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Pyramid Lake proved too difficult a challenge. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 73-25 victory over the Smith Valley Bulldogs. The Lakers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Pyramid Lake was led to victory by Lorena Eben and Kaitlin Mandell. Eben almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine steals, while Mandell went 6 of 14 en route to 13 points in addition to seven assists and seven steals. Mandell has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last eight times she's played. Raynan Mix-Tapija was another key player, putting up seven points and three steals.

Pyramid Lake pushed their record up to 21-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.2 points over those games. As for Smith Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-7.

Pyramid Lake wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 72-19 victory against Virginia City on the 8th. As for Smith Valley, they have also already played their next contest, a 51-40 win against Coleville on the 8th.