Lakewood entered their game against North Duplin on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Lakewood Leopards fell just short of the North Duplin Rebels by a score of 49-47. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Leopards this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 50-41 back in January.
Areona McKoy
| 02/04/25 vs North Duplin | 25 |
| 01/31/25 @ Union | 21 |
| 01/28/25 vs Rosewood | 26 |
| 01/27/25 vs Hobbton | 19 |
| 01/17/25 @ North Duplin | 29 |
When it comes to explaining why Lakewood lost, don't look at Areona McKoy. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 25 points and 12 rebounds. McKoy's evening made it 15 games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Trinity Bell, who posted two points and three steals.
Even though they lost, Lakewood smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in six consecutive matchups.
Tateyawna Faison continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for North Duplin, dropping a double-double on 17 points and 16 boards. Faison is crushing it when it comes to rebounds: she's pulled down at least eight every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Addy Higginbotham, who earned 11 points in addition to seven assists and five boards.
Lakewood's defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-2. As for North Duplin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Lakewood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 54-44 victory against Neuse Charter on the 5th. As for North Duplin, they will host Union at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. North Duplin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season.
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