Gators
| 02/04/25 @ South Florence | 41-50 |
| 01/28/25 vs Darlington | 60-43 |
| 01/18/25 vs Calhoun County | 62-37 |
| 01/17/25 @ Hartsville | 73-60 |
| 01/14/25 @ Lower Richland | 64-55 |
After a string of four wins, Lakewood's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 50-41 to the South Florence Bruins. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Gators this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 55-49 back in January.
Lakewood lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Darius Franklin, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards. Kameron Brown also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
South Florence found their leader in sophomore Josh Gamble, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. Those nine boards gave Gamble a new career-high. Jarius Davis was another key player, going 5 of 8 en route to 10 points and six rebounds.
Lakewood's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-9. As for South Florence, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-8.
Lakewood has already played their next contest (against Crestwood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. South Florence will square off against Wilson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Florence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.9 points per game this season.
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