After soaring to 57 points the game before, Lawrence-Nelson was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They took a hard 45-28 fall against the Silver Lake Mustangs. If the Raiders were looking for revenge after losing 55-27 to them when the teams met, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Lawrence-Nelson's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Wyatt Frey, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. Frey has been hot, having posted ten or more boards the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sawyer Cox, who posted three points along with 12 rebounds and three blocks.
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Even though they lost, Lawrence-Nelson smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 11 consecutive matches.
Paxton Sorensen had a dynamite game for Silver Lake, dropping a double-double on 16 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Sorensen a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Landon Duester, who put up 11 points.
Lawrence-Nelson's loss dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Silver Lake, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-5.
Lawrence-Nelson will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Harvard at 7:30 p.m. on February 11th. As for Silver Lake, they will square off against Kenesaw at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Kenesaw is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.7 points per game this season.
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