The Lamar Silver Foxes and the Whale Branch Warriors squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but sadly the Lamar Silver Foxes had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a rough 67-31 loss at the hands of the Warriors. While losing is never fun, Lamar can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while Whale Branch is ranked 115th).
Lamar lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jacari Mitchell, who scored eight points. Nygel Eaddy was another key contributor, scoring six points along with two steals.
Lamar's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-16. As for Whale Branch, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season.
Lamar does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Whale Branch also has no future games currently scheduled.
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