The Lakewood Gators will venture away from home to challenge the Hartsville Red Foxes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Lakewood and five for Hartsville.
Lakewood is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Lower Richland on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lakewood was beaten by Lower Richland 64-32. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Diamond Hornets are ranked fifth).
Lakewood's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Zakiya Hodge, who posted ten points, and Lauryn Nesmith, who put up nine points.
Meanwhile, Hartsville came up short against Darlington on Tuesday and fell 42-29.
Despite the loss, Hartsville saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jaz Reyes earned 13 points. Reyes is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games.
Hartsville's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
Lakewood came up short against Hartsville in their previous meeting back in November of 2020, falling 67-63. Thankfully for Lakewood, Aletrice Benjamin (who shot 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and almost dropped a double-double on 32 points and nine rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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