Basketball Recap: Sophia Eastman and Tezi Lyons Secure Win for Sammamish

A well-balanced attack led Sammamish over Interlake in every quarter on their way to victory on Saturday. Everything went the Sammamish RedHawks' way against the Interlake Saints as the Sammamish RedHawks made off with a 54-29 victory. This was payback for the RedHawks, who suffered a 48-41 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Sammamish was led to victory by Tezi Lyons and Sophia Eastman. Lyons dropped a double-double on 15 points and 14 rebounds, while Eastman posted 21 points. That makes it six consecutive games in which Eastman has scored at least a third of Sammamish's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cerise Boyer, who earned seven points and six rebounds.

RedHawks

Assists

12/21/24 @ Interlake	11
12/18/24 @ North Creek	8
12/11/24 @ Renton	6
12/13/24 vs Redmond	2
12/07/24 vs Skyline	1

Sammamish was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Interlake lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Tiffany Shaw, who had nine points and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Harper Moore, who put up eight points.

Sammamish's record now sits at 2-4. As for Interlake, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.

Sammamish will head out on the road to square off against West Seattle at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. West Seattle will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Sammamish surely won't give up without a fight. As for Interlake, they will welcome Bellingham at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.