Basketball Recap: Leyton Lockard Key Part of a Team Effort in Knights Win

After losing to Juneau-Douglas the last time they met, Colony decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Colony Knights walked away with a 64-54 win over the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears on Thursday. The Knights pushed the score to 51-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Crimson Bears cut but never quite recovered from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Colony to victory, but perhaps none more so than Leyton Lockard, who went 8 for 15 on his way to 21 points. The contest was Lockard's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Mylz Mongeau, who went 5 of 10 en route to 14 points and six rebounds.

The victory made it two in a row for Colony and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for Juneau-Douglas, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season.

Colony didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 65-48 defeat against Bettye Davis East Anchorage on the 17th. Juneau-Douglas has also already played their next contest (against Monroe Catholic), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.