Rock Hills is 2-8 against Lakeside since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Rock Hills Grizzlies will square off against the Lakeside Knights at 6:30 p.m. Rock Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Lakeside likes a good challenge.
Rock Hills saw some tournament action on Friday. They breezed by Stockton to the tune of 56-28. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Grizzlies had established a 23 point advantage.
It was another big night for Cooper McDill, who went 9 of 13 on his way to 23 points. Another player making a difference was Ethan Wirth, who posted nine points.
Rock Hills smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Lakeside had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 49-37 win over the Longhorns. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Longhorns are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lakeside's record is now 7-1. As for Rock Hills, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Rock Hills lost to Lakeside on the road by a decisive 44-29 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Rock Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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