After five games on the road, Lampeter-Strasburg is heading back home. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Donegal Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Lampeter-Strasburg earned a 56-47 win over Eastern Lebanon County.
Lampeter-Strasburg can attribute much of their success to Dean Herr, who scored 12 points along with five steals, and Chase Smucker, who scored 17 points along with four steals. Those five steals set a new season-high mark for him. Yasin Abdi was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Meanwhile, Donegal entered their tilt with Lancaster Catholic with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Donegal put the hurt on Lancaster Catholic with a sharp 68-47 victory on Thursday. 68 seems to be a good number for Donegal as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Lampeter-Strasburg's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Donegal, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Lampeter-Strasburg strolled past Donegal in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 69-52. Does Lampeter-Strasburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Donegal turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
