The Lemoore Tigers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They secured a 55-51 W over Frontier. That's another feather in the cap for Lemoore, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Lemoore was led to victory by Kobe Green and Kaden Lopes. Green scored 17 points along with seven rebounds, while Lopes shot 4-for-8 from long range and dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Papa Laye, who scored five points along with two steals.
When it comes to explaining why Frontier lost, one person who can't be blamed is Zach Garnett. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Garnett has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Logan Frisch was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Lemoore is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Frontier, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-5.
Lemoore will head out on the road to square off against Dinuba at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Dinuba will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak. As for Frontier, Frontier and Stockdale will face off at 6:30 p.m. on January 17th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Stockdale will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 558th, while Frontier is ranked 277th).
