Basketball Recap: Yerington Takes a Loss

Yerington was the 49-39 winner over North Tahoe when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Yerington Lions fell 62-53 to the North Tahoe Lakers on Saturday. The Lions' loss continues a trend for the team, making it four in a row.

Despite the loss, Yerington still got an impressive performance from Colby Rowe, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine boards. That was a full 41.5% of Yerington's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenneth Picotte, who earned 11 points along with six rebounds and three steals.

Lions

Previous 4 Games

02/01/25 vs North Tahoe	53-62
01/28/25 @ Pershing County	50-63
01/25/25 vs Battle Mountain	49-55
01/24/25 vs West Wendover	56-71

Even though they lost, Yerington smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in five consecutive contests.

North Tahoe's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Seth Hendricks, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 12 boards. Hendricks is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. Another player making a difference was Cormac Springsteel, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds.

Yerington's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for North Tahoe, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.

Yerington didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 70-59 loss against Incline on the 3rd. As for North Tahoe, they will head out on the road to challenge Battle Mountain at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Battle Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.1 points per game this season.