The Lakeside Dragons's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their 14th straight defeat. They had to suffer through a rough 74-30 loss at the hands of Pymatuning Valley. Lakeside was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-15.
Zoey Painter had a dynamite game for Pymatuning Valley, scoring 23 points along with seven steals and six assists. Painter has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jolene Sharpe, who scored four points along with ten rebounds and six steals.
Lakeside dropped their record down to 1-20 with that loss, which was their 22nd straight on the road dating back to last season. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 24.7 points per game. As for Pymatuning Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Lakeside won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Geneva at 6:30 p.m. on February 16th. Lakeside will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 719th, while Geneva is ranked 175th). As for Pymatuning Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Poland Seminary at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Pymatuning Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Thursday.
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