Basketball Game Recap: Lincoln Leadership Academy Lions vs. Mahanoy Area Golden Bears

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The Lincoln Leadership Academy Lions came tearing into Saturday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They secured a 59-55 W over Mahanoy Area. That's two games straight that Lincoln Leadership Academy has won by exactly four points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lincoln Leadership Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alania Ortiz, who scored 26 points along with 6 rebounds and 6 steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Ortiz has scored at least 25% of Lincoln Leadership Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Yadira Marshall, who scored 15 points along with 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Lincoln Leadership Academy's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Mahanoy Area, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.

Lincoln Leadership Academy will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Bethlehem Christian. Mahanoy Area's road trip will continue as they head out to face Weatherly at 6:30 p.m. on December 12th.