The Lassiter Trojans will venture away from home to challenge the Cherokee Warriors at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Lassiter will be strutting in after a win while Cherokee will be coming in after a loss.
Lassiter is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Roswell: they outscored them in every quarter. Lassiter enjoyed a cozy 65-51 victory over Roswell on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Lassiter can attribute much of their success to Will Griffis, who went 6 for 8 en route to 16 points plus five assists and five rebounds, and Braeden Lucas, who went 6 for 9 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Liston, who posted 11 points.
Lassiter was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Cherokee came up short against Sequoyah on Thursday and fell 62-54.
Cherokee's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Lassiter, their record now sits at 2-0.
Lassiter was able to grind out a solid win over Cherokee in their previous meeting back in January of 2020, winning 65-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lassiter since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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