The Lexington Wildcats will take on the Lakewood Gators in a tournament on Saturday. Lexington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.7 points per game this season.
Lexington easily dispatched Ben Lippen last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Lexington fell just short of Spring Valley by a score of 59-57 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Wildcats have suffered since November 20, 2023.
Izzy Saville
| 12/18/24 @ Spring Valley | 9 |
| 12/13/24 vs Ben Lippen | 8 |
| 12/03/24 vs Cross Creek | 5 |
| 12/02/23 vs Lower Richland | 4 |
| 12/06/23 @ Irmo | 4 |
Lexington's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Izzy Saville, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine assists, and Sydni Anderson, who went 6 of 11 on her way to 12 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Saville a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Cassidy Harry, who posted 13 points.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Lexington was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lakewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were outmatched by Darlington and fell 57-29. The Gators were down 42-21 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Lexington's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
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