If Athens Drive was feeling good fresh off their 56-36 takedown of Broughton last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Athens Drive Jaguars took a hard 57-42 fall against the Leesville Road Pride on Saturday. The Jaguars were down 48-28 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Leesville Road's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Finley Lewis led the charge by dropping a double-double with 21 points and 18 boards. Those 18 rebounds gave Lewis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Fulk, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine boards.
Athens Drive's loss dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Leesville Road, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Athens Drive and Leesville Road are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Athens Drive will head out to take on D.H. Conley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Leesville Road, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Green Hope at 6:00 p.m. Green Hope is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.2 points per game this season.
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