On Friday, the Somerset Academy Losee Lions faced the Clark Chargers in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Somerset Academy Losee snuck past Clark with a 60-54 win. Winning may never get old, but Somerset Academy Losee sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Leading Somerset Academy Losee to victory were KeSean White and Malachi Richardson . White scored 15 points, while Richardson scored 14 points. The contest was White 's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kieran Daniel , who scored nine points.
Clark's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was De'Shaun Tolever, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Tolever scored a full 35.2% of Clark's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Michael Gebremeskel was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Somerset Academy Losee pushed their record up to 13-2 with that win, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Clark, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Somerset Academy Losee will look to defend their home court on Monday against Shadow Ridge at 6:30 p.m. Shadow Ridge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nevada Rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Somerset Academy Losee is ranked fifth). As for Clark, they will head out on the road to face off against Cheyenne at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
