Basketball Recap: Lesterville Beats Oak Ridge for Their Third Straight Victory

Bearcats

Previous 3 Games

12/12/24 @ Oak Ridge	52-49
12/07/24 @ Bourbon	56-40
12/05/24 @ Kingston	61-13

Lesterville entered their tilt with Oak Ridge on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Oak Ridge Blue Jays, sneaking past 52-49. The Bearcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Blue Jays, too.

Lesterville pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Oak Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 3-2.

Lesterville won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Ellington at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Oak Ridge, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Chaffee at 7:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025.