The Lakewood Leopards were the 88-77 winner over the Neuse Charter Cougars when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. Lakewood took a 57-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Neuse Charter on Tuesday.
Lakewood lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cameron Williams, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 38% of Lakewood's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Kristofer Robinson was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Neuse Charter to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jayden Atkinson, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 rebounds. Atkinson is on a roll when it comes to blocks, as he's now posted two or more in the last eight games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Demonte Jackson, who scored 19 points along with two steals.
Lakewood dropped their record down to 8-11 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Neuse Charter, their victory bumped their record up to 9-18.
Lakewood will be playing at home against Rosewood at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Lakewood focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Tuesday. As for Neuse Charter, they will head out on the road to challenge Union at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neuse Charter is facing Union at the right time seeing as Union is stuck on a 20-game losing streak.
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