Recap: Scotland Fighting Scots vs. Lumberton Pirates
After losing to the Lumberton Pirates the last time they met, the Scotland Fighting Scots decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. Scotland secured a 44-38 W over Lumberton on Monday. The win made it back-to-back wins for Scotland.
Leading Scotland to victory were Dylan Lampley and Jaquez Caldwell. Lampley scored 11 points along with 8 rebounds, while Caldwell scored 17 points along with 7 rebounds and 3 steals. The contest was Caldwell's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Tashad Russell, who scored 3 points along with 6 assists and 6 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Lumberton still got an impressive performance from Jaiden Shephard, who scored 12 points along with 8 rebounds. Shephard scored a full 31.6% of Lumberton's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Damian Robinson, who scored 11 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
Scotland now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Lumberton, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.
Scotland will be playing at home against Douglas Byrd at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Lumberton, they will head out on the road to face off against Scotland at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
