The Lewis County Panthers will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Forrest Rockets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lewis County is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Hughes. The Panthers strolled past the Lions with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 75-56. Surprisingly, this marked the Panthers' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Dakota Hull and Bo Banks were among the main playmakers for Lewis County as the former went 12-for-16 on his way to 25 points and the latter shot 53% from the field to rack up 19 points along with seven assists and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Tanner, who posted 14 points.
Meanwhile, Forrest was able to grind out a solid win over Culleoka on Tuesday, taking the game 71-60.
Everything went Lewis County's way against Forrest when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as Lewis County made off with a 73-51 victory. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rockets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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