The Lakeside Lancers will take on the Corona Panthers in a holiday battle at at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lakeside has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Corona will come in with five straight wins.
Lakeside is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Chaparral on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lakeside was dealt a 67-37 defeat at the hands of Chaparral. The Lancers were down 51-27 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Maurice Turner was Lakeside's leading scorer, having posted 11 points. Justin Jones held things down on the boards with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Corona duked it out withGranite Hills on Tuesday. Corona breezed by Granite Hills to the tune of 80-48. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 30 points or more this season.
Corona is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.8 points per game. As for Lakeside, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Lakeside beat Corona 58-47 when the teams last played back in December of 2022. Will Lakeside repeat their success, or does Corona have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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