The Lakewood Tigers and the D'Evelyn Jaguars will face off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lakewood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Sand Creek to the tune of 64-35 on Friday. The Tigers not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since December 21, 2024 (when they won 57-11).
Saylor Slaughter
| 12/12/25 vs Sand Creek | 4 |
| 12/10/25 vs Summit | 2 |
| 12/04/25 @ Fairview | 2 |
| 12/02/25 @ Golden | 3 |
| 02/19/25 vs Columbine | 1 |
| + 12 more games |
Lakewood can attribute much of their success to Saylor Slaughter, who posted 14 points in addition to eight assists and four steals, and Iben Last, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds and four steals. That's the most steals Slaughter has posted since back in December of 2024. Eden Klinger was another key player, putting up six points and six boards.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Lakewood was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, D'Evelyn strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Summit 67-39. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matchups by 20 points or more this season.
The victory got Lakewood back to even at 2-2. As for D'Evelyn, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
Lakewood lost to D'Evelyn at home by a decisive 49-33 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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