After flying high against Park Place Christian Academy last Tuesday, Lamar came back down to earth. The Lamar Raiders were dealt a 58-30 defeat at the hands of the East Rankin Academy Patriots on Thursday. The contest marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Despite the loss, Lamar still got an impressive performance from Aryah Grace, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards. That was a full 40% of Lamar's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Hart, who scored eight points.
Lamar dropped their record down to 15-12 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. The slump could be explained by some tough opposition over that stretch, namely East Rankin Academy, they, and Simpson Academy. As for East Rankin Academy, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 29-2.
Lamar has already played their next game (against Simpson Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. East Rankin Academy will face off against Leake Academy at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Leake Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.9 points per game this season.
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