The Lake Mary Rams and the Evans Trojans squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Lake Mary Rams had to settle for second. They were beaten by the Trojans 79-41. While losing is never fun, Lake Mary can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 190th, while Evans is ranked 40th).
Despite the loss, Lake Mary still got an impressive performance from Jeremias Berchal, who scored 17 points along with three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Ceynowa, who scored nine points along with two steals.
Lake Mary struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Evans was led to victory by Arosco Dubois and Antonio Pollard. Dubois scored 13 points along with six rebounds and three steals, while Pollard scored 20 points. Rahean Edmonds jr was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Lake Mary's defeat dropped their record down to 15-13. As for Evans, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-9.
Lake Mary does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Evans is on the road again on Tuesday and plays Ocoee at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Evans knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 11 matchups -- so hopefully Ocoee likes a good challenge.
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