It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Lake Norman Wildcats had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Whirlies by a score of 74-61. The win was familiar territory for Lake Norman who now have five in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lake Norman to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trent Steinour, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 16 rebounds. Steinour is on a roll when it comes to blocks, as he's now posted three or more in the last 13 games he's played. Santana Lynch was another key contributor, scoring 19 points.
Grimsley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Richard Goods, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. Goods has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 26 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Faizon Brandon, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds.
Lake Norman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-2 record this season. As for Grimsley, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-6.
Lake Norman has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Chambers at 7:00 p.m. on March 8th. One thing working in Chambers' favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. Grimsley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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