The Lakewood Gators will venture away from home to take on the Darlington Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.
Lakewood is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Wilson just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 61-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. 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 103rd, while the Tigers are ranked 32nd).
Despite the defeat, Lakewood got top-tier performance from Carlos Franklin, who made all 7 shots he took from beyond the arc for 21 points. Franklin is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Darius Franklin, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Darlington's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a hard 42-28 fall against Lower Richland. The game marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Darlington's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-3. As for Lakewood, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Lakewood took a serious blow against Darlington in their previous meeting back in February, falling 73-43. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lakewood was down 34-11.
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