Even though the Hollins Royals scored an imposing 62 points on Friday, the Lakeside Christian Lions still came out on top. Lakeside Christian took their match against Hollins 71-62. The win made it back-to-back wins for Lakeside Christian.
Lakeside Christian's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Blaise Tshibangu, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Those 19 points set a new season-high mark for him. Sherwin Simmons was another key contributor, dropping a triple-double on 12 points, 11 rebounds, and ten assists.
Hollins lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aidan Lemons, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds. The contest was Lemons' sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiden Bishop, who scored 16 points.
Lakeside Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Hollins, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-6.
Lakeside Christian and Canterbury will face off at 6:30 p.m. on January 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Canterbury will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 658th, while Lakeside Christian is ranked 230th). Hollins and St. Petersburg will face off at 8:00 p.m. on January 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. St. Petersburg knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past four games -- so hopefully Hollins likes a good challenge.
