Basketball Game Preview: Pine Lake Prep Pride vs. East Surry Cardinals

By Team Reports Feb 25, 2024, 2:30am

Preview: Pine Lake Prep Pride vs. East Surry Cardinals

After two games on the road, Pine Lake Prep is heading back home. They will take on the East Surry Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Lake Prep knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past five contests -- so hopefully East Surry likes a good challenge.

Pine Lake Prep pushed their score all the way to 68 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a hard 85-68 fall against Corvian Community. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (62), Pine Lake Prep still had to take the loss.

Defeat or not, Pine Lake Prep got some senior leadership from Wes Statzer and Robert Magner. Statzer scored 18 points along with eight steals, while Magner. dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. Magner is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 20 or more in the last four games he's played. Ethan Morgan was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with six rebounds and two steals.

Meanwhile, East Surry came up short against North Surry on Friday and fell 57-50. East Surry has struggled against North Surry recently, as their game on Friday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.

Pine Lake Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 19-8. As for East Surry, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15.

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