Basketball Recap: Lancaster Takes Down Ranked Independence

Bruins

Previous 4 Games

12/27/24 vs Independence	70-66
12/21/24 vs Chambers	80-60
12/17/24 @ Nation Ford	59-56
12/16/24 vs Northwestern	78-49

Lancaster is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Independence. The Lancaster Bruins managed a 70-66 victory over the Independence Patriots. The win was familiar territory for the Bruins who have now won four games in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lancaster to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jordan Watford, who went 7 of 10 en route to 17 points along with seven assists and seven boards. Watford is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Columbus Parker, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 16 points.

Despite the defeat, Independence saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lusemo Macharia almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards. The dominant performance also gave Macharia a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Kaleb Jasper, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 12 points and eight assists.

Lancaster's record now sits at 9-1. As for Independence, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-2.

Lancaster wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 94-82 victory against Cannon on the 28th. As for Independence, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 55-31 win against Catawba Ridge on the 28th.