Basketball Recap: Flathead Comes Up Short

Braves/Bravettes

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Lakeland	90
12/13/24 vs Great Falls	73
01/10/25 @ Capital	66
12/20/24 @ Bozeman	57
12/21/24 @ Gallatin	51

Flathead scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 91-90 to the Lakeland Hawks. The Braves/Bravettes just can't catch a break and have now endured four defeats in a row.

Despite the loss, Flathead still got an impressive performance from Lyric Ersland, who dropped a double-double on 34 points and 17 boards. That was a full 37.8% of Flathead's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Korbin Eaton, who went 9 of 14 on his way to 22 points and four steals.

Even though they lost, Flathead was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Flathead's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Lakeland, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 7-5.

Flathead has already played their next match (against Big Sky), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lakeland has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Sandpoint.