Having just played yesterday, the Lakewood Spartans will get right back to it and host the Bell Creek Academy Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Friday, Lakewood needed a bit of extra time to put away St. Petersburg. They came out on top against the Green Devils by a score of 73-66. While the Spartans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Bell Creek Academy entered their tilt with Winthrop College Prep Academy last Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 67-55 win over the Spartans. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Spartans are ranked 302nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bell Creek Academy's win came from a few key players Lakewood will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Lyrique Sartin, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 boards. His evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Armani Morris, who went 6 of 13 en route to 18 points and six rebounds.
Bell Creek Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Winthrop College Prep Academy only racked up five assists.
Lakewood pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Bell Creek Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
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