It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Lake Wales Highlanders can now relate to. They fell just short of the Yellow Jackets by a score of 37-35. The contest was a 19-19 toss-up at halftime, but Lake Wales couldn't quite close it out.
Despite the loss, Lake Wales had strong showings from Vanessa Squire, who scored 12 points, and Tania Williams, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds.
It was another big night for Ariyana Hester, who scored 20 points for Leesburg. The team also got some help courtesy of Saige McCloud, who scored nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake Wales and nudges their season record down to 16-11. As for Leesburg, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 23-1.
Lake Wales does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Leesburg is on the road again on Monday and plays Spoto at 7:00 p.m. on February 19th. Leesburg's defense has only allowed 23.1 points per game this season, so Spoto's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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