East Clarendon is 2-8 against Lake City since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The East Clarendon Wolverines will venture away from home to challenge the Lake City Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
East Clarendon is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Friday. They lost 73-47 to Marion. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Swamp Foxes are ranked 111th).
Meanwhile, Lake City came up short against Manning on Friday and fell 47-40. The Panthers have struggled against the Monarchs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
East Clarendon will need focus on slowing down Devin Cockfield, one of several Lake City players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 11 points and 14 boards. Lake City is 2-1 when Cockfield posts eight or more rebounds, but 3-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Blayne Edwards, who posted 12 points and eight boards.
Even though they lost, Lake City smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive matches.
Lake City's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for East Clarendon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
East Clarendon came up short against Lake City in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 56-52. Can East Clarendon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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