The Lakeand women's basketball team held their home opener today as they played host to the Erie Community College Kats. The Lakers jumped out to an early lead with some tough defensive pressure in the first quarter before rolling to the 90-38 victory. With the win, Lakeland improves it's record to 2-1. The Lakers came out with tremendous ball pressure early as they overwhelmed the Kats in the first quarter. The Lakers had a 22-5 lead at the end of the quarter and were paced by Lauren Perry with 8 points, Mya James with 7 points, and Trinity Jackson, who scored 5 points. In the second quarter, the Lakers relaxed their full court defensive ball pressure, but were still tenacious in their own end. With that, the Lakers took a 45-13 lead into the break and would never look back as they sailed to the victory.

Lakeland would finish with 4 players scoring double digits and 9 different players scoring in total. Trinity Jackson led all scorers with 18 points. Lauren Perry and Mya James each scored 16 points while Arion Brown finished with 14 points for the Lakers. Batoul Khaleefah added 7 points and Layla Von Berndt recorded 6 points in the Laker win. Hilda Ismail finished her night with 5 points while Carly James and Monica Devine each picked up 4 points for Lakeland.

Players Perspective

Mya James: "We came out with good intensity and were able to maintain that level most of the game. It's important for us to play our game - not the other teams. We were really able to stay true to ourselves today, which was good. It was a good team effort."

Lauren Perry: "The team really did a good job coming together and bringing the energy. We were really there for each other. We had a good week of practice and it transferred over to the game."

Gardy's Gab: "We came out and took care of business early. We had a lot of energy and effort. Our sophs did a nice job leading us in the home opener, but it was really a nice team effort that put us over the top."

Next Up: The Lakers head to St. Clair County Community College next Friday where they will face off against Milwaukee Area Tech at 2:00 pm. On Saturday, they will face host St. Clair County at 3:00 pm.