Basketball Recap: Lewis County's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

12/10/24 vs Wayne County	65-69
12/05/24 @ Camden Central	59-54
12/03/24 vs Hampshire	58-26
12/02/24 @ Collinwood	60-48
11/26/24 vs Perry County	77-67

After a string of four wins, Lewis County's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 69-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wayne County Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (59), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Cayman Camfield was his usual excellent self, going 7 for 10from beyond the arc on his way to 29 points and five rebounds for Wayne County. The contest was Camfield's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sayler Skelton, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine boards.

Lewis County's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Wayne County, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lewis County Panthers challenge the Hughes Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Wayne County, they will challenge Richland at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.3 points per game this season.