The Lewis County Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Cascade Champions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cascade took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lewis County, who comes in off a win.
Lewis County was handed a 40-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Battle Creek 54-51. The win continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Grizzlies: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, Cascade was just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 60-59 to Cannon County. The Champions haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Lewis County will need to focus on slowing down Lizzie Keele, one of several Cascade players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 25 points. The dominant performance gave Keele a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Sophie Ray, who earned 16 points.
Cascade's loss dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Lewis County, their victory bumped their record up to 9-16.
Lewis County suffered a grim 63-42 defeat to Cascade when the teams last played back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cascade's Suzanna Crews, who dropped a double-double with 24 points and 12 boards. Now that Lewis County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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