The Lakeland men's basketball team played host to the Lorain County Commodores tonight in OCCAC action and ran away with a 148-93 win. In the first half, the Lakers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they had a strong defensive presence mixed with an efficent offense to earn the win. Kaleb Wanamaker wasted no time as he conncted on a 3-pointer to start the game. Aaron Ward made a layup before Lorain made their first basket. Devin Belle then connected on a 15' jumper befere Ward had a block and then finished the play with a monstrous dunk for a 9-2 Laker lead. After Lorain cut into the lead to make it 9-7, Amarion Glenn connected on a 3-pointer. After a Lorain miss, the Lakers displayed good ball movement that ended with Ben Hamilton hitting a 6' jumper. The Lakers then stole the ball and Wanamaker scored on a layup. After a Lorain basket, Wanamaker connected on another Laker 3-pointer for a 19-9 Laker lead. Lorain took advantage of a Laker foul and turnover to close the gap to 19-14 before Ben Hamilton connected on consecutive 3 pointers around a Lorain basket.  Following a Lorain basket, Aaron Ward scored on another layup for a 27-18 Laker lead. After a Commodore basket, Raphael Sylver connected on back-to-back 3 pointers to give the Lakers a 33-20 lead. Lakeland continued to grow it's lead the rest of the half and went into the break with a commanding 73-39 lead. The Lakers would continue the steady play throughout the second half as they coasted to the victory.

Lakeland had 4 players score over 20 points and 7 players finish with double digits. Devin Belle and Brandon Moore each led the team in scoring with 27 points while Aaron Ward finished with 22 points and Amarion Glenn recorded 21 points. Kaleb Wanamaker finished his evening wih 15 points while Keenan Hughes and Raphael Sylver each added 11 points for the Lakers. Ben Hamilton picked up 8 points while Demarr Foster chipped in 4 points. Elleion Williams also picked up a basket and displayed strong defensive play for the Lakers.

AC Cecil's Connections: "It was a good start to the second half of the season as we played fairly consistently throughout. We continued to get good effort from everyone while we were also able to add new dimensions with Aaron (Ward) and Raphael (Sylver). It's good to get this one behind us as we have another nice challenge coming up this weekend."   

Next Up:  On Saturday (1/11), the Lakers will face off against the Eagles of Clark State. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:00 am.