Basketball Recap: Perris Drops Highest Score of Season Against Lakeside

Panthers

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Lakeside	85
11/25/24 vs Woodcrest Christian	77
12/26/24 vs Bassett	74
12/17/24 vs Tahquitz	70
12/27/24 vs California School for the Deaf-Riverside	69

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Perris). They took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 85-47 victory over the Lakeside Lancers. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 60-59 win the Lancers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2021.

Perris was led to victory by Lucas Nering and Dekoven Washington. Nering posted 21 points, while Washington had 19 points. The contest was Washington's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Roland Thibodeaux, who scored ten points.

Lakeside lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Justin Jones, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 17 points. Maurice Turner was another key player, putting up ten points.

Perris is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Lakeside, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-15 record this season.

Perris has already played their next contest, a 59-55 victory against Paloma Valley on the 16th. As for Lakeside, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-44 loss against Hemet on the 16th.