Lakewood waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Calhoun County Saints with a sharp 62-37 win. Given the Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Saints are ranked 221st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/18/25 vs Calhoun County | 21 |
| 01/17/25 @ Hartsville | 23 |
| 01/14/25 @ Lower Richland | 15 |
| 01/09/25 vs South Florence | 16 |
| 12/28/24 vs Fox Creek | 21 |
Lakewood had a senior duo take command as Pop Cato went 9 of 11 en route to 21 points and four steals and Darius Franklin went 7 for 14 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Cato's afternoon made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Andre Mcbride, who posted five points and four steals.
Lakewood has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.4 points per game. As for Calhoun County, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-6.
Lakewood has already played their next game (against Crestwood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Calhoun County will square off against Ridge Spring-Monetta at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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