Basketball Recap: Ida Baker Takes a Loss

If Ida Baker was feeling good fresh off their 83-63 takedown of Southwest Florida Christian on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Bulldogs were beaten by the Lehigh Lightning 104-59 on Thursday. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Lightning recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.

Brendan Slack

Points

12/04/25 vs Lehigh	24
12/02/25 @ Southwest Florida Christian	28
11/21/25 vs Cypress Lake	47
11/20/25 vs South Fort Myers	21
11/18/25 @ Babcock	17

Several Bulldogs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Brendan Slack, who shot 71% from the field to rack up 24 points. Slack's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Ricky Fernandez, who went 6-for-11 on his way to 15 points.

Leading Lehigh to victory were Deo Downs and Timothy Thurman. Downs almost dropped a triple-double with 17 points, ten assists, and nine steals, while Thurman dropped a double-double with 25 points and 12 boards. With that strong performance, Thurman is now averaging an impressive 15.3 points per game. Malachii Russ was another key player, shooting 55% from the field en route to 15 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.

Ida Baker's record is now 3-2. As for Lehigh, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0.

Ida Baker didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 78-73 loss against North Fort Myers on the 5th. As for Lehigh, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 72-52 win against Fort Myers on the 5th.