L'Anse entered their match against Wakefield on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The L'Anse Purple Hornets received a blow as they fell 83-68 to the Wakefield Cardinals. The Purple Hornets lost against the Cardinals in their previous head to head back in January of 2023, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 84-34 score last time.
Despite the defeat, L'Anse saw an underclassman step up: freshman Sam Lee went 9 of 20 on his way to 25 points along with six boards and three steals. That was a full 36.8% of L'Anse's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keegan Davidson, who scored 15 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
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Even though they lost, L'Anse smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 14 offensive boards in three consecutive games.
L'Anse's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4. As for Wakefield, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-5 record.
L'Anse has already played their next contest (against Ewen-Trout Creek), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wakefield will take on Baraga at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Baraga is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.3 points per game this season.
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