The Leesville Road Pride and the Richmond Raiders squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Leesville Road Pride had to settle for second. They took a 69-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. While losing is never fun, Leesville Road can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while Richmond is ranked 29th).
Despite the loss, Leesville Road still got an impressive performance from Kaiel Lawless, who scored 15 points. Molly Zuburg was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with two blocks.
It was another big night for Jamyia "Juicy" Lindsey, who scored 27 points along with six steals for Richmond. That makes it four consecutive games in which Lindsey has scored at least a third of Richmond's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasiah "JoJo" Gilchrist, who scored 12 points along with six assists and four steals.
Leesville Road's defeat dropped their record down to 17-7. As for Richmond, the win was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-4.
Leesville Road does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Richmond, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Southeast Raleigh at 6:00 p.m. on March 5th. Richmond has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 730 points over their last 11 games.
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