East Lee County hadn't done well against Clewiston recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The East Lee County Jaguars walked away with a 36-28 win over the Clewiston Tigers. This was a revenge game for the Jaguars: when they faced off against the Tigers back in November, they had to take a 55-41 loss.
Defeat or not, Clewiston got some senior leadership from Tyra Fields and Milan Holmes. Fields almost dropped a triple-double on nine points, 12 rebounds, and ten steals, while Holmes almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine steals. The dominant performance gave Fields a new career-high in steals.
East Lee County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Clewiston, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Lee County and Gateway Charter will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday without much rest having both just played. Gateway Charter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.4 points per game this season. As for Clewiston, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Avon Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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