Laney fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Burke County on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Burke County Bears by a score of 82-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (64), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Burke County found their leader in freshman De'Quayvian Lovette, who almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine rebounds. Lovette is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jayden Lambert, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 13 boards.
Laney's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5. As for Burke County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Laney didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 48-43 loss against Butler on the 31st. As for Burke County, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 74-49 victory against Josey on the 31st.
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