West lost against Skyline back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The West Panthers fell 71-64 to the Skyline Eagles. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (61), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
West lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Saladi Maluak, who went 7 for 15 en route to 18 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Phillip Ladua, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 11 points and eight boards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Skyline to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cameron Wilson, who went 6 for 11 to rack up 15 points and eight rebounds. Andrew Lindquist was another key player, going 5 of 11 en route to 15 points.
West has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. As for Skyline, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-9.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Highland the next time they take the court. Skyline will host Highland at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while West will host them at 7:00 p.m. on February 14th.
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