Basketball Recap: Lakeland Drops Season-High Score on Flathead

Hawks

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Flathead	91
01/03/25 vs Jackson Hole	68
12/03/24 @ North Central	68
12/27/24 @ Shadle Park	67
01/11/25 vs Moscow	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakeland). They slipped by the Flathead Braves/Bravettes 91-90 on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for the Hawks as they're now sitting on five straight.

Despite the loss, Flathead still got an impressive performance from Lyric Ersland, who dropped a double-double on 34 points and 17 rebounds. With that strong performance, Ersland is now averaging an impressive 8.3 boards per game. Korbin Eaton was another key player, going 9 of 14 en route to 22 points and four steals.

Lakeland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Flathead, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

Lakeland will head out to take on Sandpoint at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Flathead, they are taking a road trip to square off against Big Sky at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.