The Lake City Panthers will square off against the Marion Swamp Foxes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Lake City will head into Tuesday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 75-39 loss at the hands of Atlantic Collegiate Academy. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-10.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion). They ended the year with a bang, routing Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 66-42 last Monday. Winning may never get old, but the Swamp Foxes sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Lake City better focus on containing Jameir Legette and Jaden Gerald as the pair were huge in Marion's win. Legette dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards, while Gerald went 11 of 14 on his way to 24 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Legette a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Charles White Jr, who posted nine points.
Marion smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in six consecutive matchups.
Marion's win bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Lake City, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Lake City strolled past Marion in their previous meeting back in December of 2022 by a score of 70-56. Will Lake City repeat their success, or does Marion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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