The Lakeside Eagles will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Bonners Ferry Badgers at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Lakeside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by East Valley to the tune of 66-27 on Saturday. The win was familiar territory for the Eagles who have now won three games in a row.
Meanwhile, Bonners Ferry earned a 59-50 victory over Flathead Valley on Friday. With that win, the Badgers brought their scoring average up to 50.6 points per game.
Bonners Ferry found their leader in sophomore Taren Bateman, who went 14 of 27 on her way to 31 points in addition to eight boards and six steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Bateman has scored at least a third of Bonners Ferry's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Hinthorn, who posted 11 points and eight rebounds.
Bonners Ferry smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive boards in four consecutive matchups.
Lakeside's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Bonners Ferry, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Lakeside was able to grind out a solid victory over Bonners Ferry when the teams last played back in December of 2015, winning 60-47. Will Lakeside repeat their success, or does Bonners Ferry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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