The Lakeland men's basketball team played host to the Jamestown Jayhawks tonight and came away with a convincing 102-59 victory. With the win, the Lakers improve to 5-0 on the season. The game started out close and stayed that way for about the first 14 minutes. With the score favoring Lakeland 24-22 at the 7:23 mark, Noah Berry scored a layup to make it 26-22. After a timeout, Jamestown missed their next shot and then Jaidon Lipscomb buried a 3-pointer to make it 29-22. From there, Lakeland turned up the defense and forced the Jayhawks into several missed shots and turnovers. In the next seven minute span, the Lakers dominated play and carried a 50-26 lead into the break.
Lakeland started the second half with a suffocating pressure defense and the lead increased to 30 just 2 minutes into the 2nd period. From there, Lakeland cruised to the victory.
The Lakers had 11 different players score with Lipscomb leading the way with 18 points and Kyle Jackson finishing with 16 points on 6-8 shooting. Datrey Long also scored 16 (7 for 9 shooting, 3 steals and 5 assists) off the bench while Chaze Harris added 15 points on 6-7 shooting while picking up 5 boards. Berry, Ansy Oulare, and JR Lumsden each chipped in 8 points apiece. As a team, the Lakers shot just over 64% from the field.
Hunter's Highlights: "It was good to get a couple of players back as it really helped us with our play. Getting Noah Berry back really helped us defensively too. Overall, our team intensity was good. We went 11 deep and they all brought the energy and effort. It was a good balanced team win. We need to start getting ready now for Tuesday. Schoolcraft is a good team and will be a challenge for us."
Next Up: Please note that Saturday's (11/20) game has been moved to December 11. The Lakers next travel to Schoolcraft College on Tuesday (11/23) to take on the Ocelots. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30pm.
