(Featured photo: Lakeside’s Bryce Reynierson converts the defended shot.)
The Lakeside Panthers boys’ basketball team defeated region opponent Glynn Academy 73-61 at home on Saturday, Jan 6.
This was Lakeside’s second region game, and the Panthers now move 2-0 in the region standings and are 9-4 overall. Glynn Academy is 13-3 overall, but are now 1-1 in region play.
Lakeside head coach Marcus Diggs says this was big early region win.
“It’s huge; you always want to get off to a good start once you hit region play,” Diggs said. “To come in the region 2-0, I think that is really good momentum for us going into the rest of the season.”
Lakeside took the lead in the game early as guard Ty Jones converted a 3-pointer to end the first quarter with a 23-13 lead.
The Panthers extended their lead as they outscored the Red Terrors 24-15 in the second quarter.
Glynn Academy would slightly outscore Lakeside in the second half, but it was not enough as the Panthers took the 12-point victory.
Justin Barnes and Jones led the Panthers with 20 points, followed by Bryce Reynierson with 17.
“Every time I feel like we have been victorious it has been a group effort,” Diggs said. “Of course, we got our key guys, guys with experience like Justin, he is the heart and soul of our team. and we really lean on him for enthusiasm and energy, but we also got guys that do some stuff defensively that don’t show up in the stat book, and we appreciate their efforts and helping us win.”
The Panthers will look to keep the momentum going as they will play another region game at Effingham County on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
“We got to go into practice and continue to get better,” Diggs said. “Don’t just rest on the fact that we are 2-0. We go in and prepare and take every team seriously. Continue to be together and continue to practice hard and I think we will have success.”
Christopher Rickerson, an Augusta University graduate, has covered area sports for Augusta University, The Augusta Press and Augusta Good News. Subscribe to the Augusta Good News newsletter here.
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