The Faith Christian Lions and the Weed Cougars squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the Faith Christian Lions had to settle for second. They took a 65-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Despite the loss, Faith Christian still got an impressive performance from Lauren Harris, who dropped a double-double on 40 points and 11 rebounds. That was a full 65.6% of Faith Christian's points, marking the 29th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Presley Berry, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Weed got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Alayja Oliver out in front who scored 29 points along with five rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Oliver has scored all season. Renaissance Johnson was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 17 rebounds.
Faith Christian's defeat ended a eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-6. As for Weed, they pushed their record up to 28-5 with that win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
Faith Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Weed, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Fall River at 7:00 p.m. on March 5th. Weed knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully Fall River likes a good challenge.
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