It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Kountze Lions had no problem doing just that on Friday. They snuck past the Panthers with a 80-74 win. The win was nothing new for Kountze as they're now sitting on six straight.
Despite the loss, Westwood saw an underclassman step up: Kavian Bryant dropped a double-double on 55 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 74.3% of Westwood's points, marking the eighth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Kountze's win was their 13th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 35-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.9 points per game. As for Westwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-9.
Kountze didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 83-44 loss vs. Hitchcock on the 2nd. Westwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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