The Lakes Lancers will take on the River Ridge Hawks in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Lakes is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Capital with a sharp 60-38 win on Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Lancers just coasted through the last quarter.
Lakes relied on the efforts of Samara Oliver, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Ehmarii Mcchristian, who made all 7 shots she took to post 17 points in addition to six steals and five boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Oliver has scored at least a third of Lakes' points. Another player making a difference was Andrea Schmidt, who posted four points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, River Ridge hadn't done well against Timberline recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. River Ridge blew past Timberline 56-23. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 33 points or more this season.
Lakes better keep an eye on Brandi Stanford. She was instrumental in River Ridge's win, going 10 of 20 on her way to 25 points and five steals. The contest was Stanford's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dakari Weatherly, who had nine points.
Lakes' victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for River Ridge, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Lakes has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 41.3 rebounds per game. However, it's not like River Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 30.4 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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