Laker Boys Drop Two

Concord and East Noble each dealt the Lakeland boys basketball team home defeats in the opening week of the 2011-12 campaign.

Last Tuesday, Jason Spriggs led a quintet of Concord players in double figures with 16 points, as the Minutemen rolled to a 73-47 victory over the Lakers. Concord outscored the hosts, 36-16 in the middle two quarters.

DuWhan Alford, Franco House and Seth Huxford each tallied 11 markers for the Minutemen. Ramon Johnson added 10.

Jalen King highlighted the Laker effort by pouring in a game-high 28 points. King nailed three of Lakeland’s seven, three-point baskets.

Saturday night, East Noble escaped LaGrange with a 42-39 triumph over Lakeland. Trailing 20-18 at halftime, the Knights forged a 24-19 scoring edge in the final two periods to secure their second win of the season.

T.J. Blair’s 12 points topped the East Noble ledger. Spencer Mortola had a dozen markers and King 10 to pace the Lakers.

GAME SUMMARIES

Concord 73

Lakeland 47

Scoring by quarters

   CO     17     19     18     19     -73

   LL      13      9       7      18    -47

Concord

Ramon Johnson 3, 1-2, 10; Dylan Wynne 1, 0-0, 2; Adam Glanders 1, 4-6, 6; DuWhan Alford 5, 1-3, 11; Osirus Munn 1, 1-2, 3; Franco House 5, 0-2, 11; Seth Huxford 4, 0-0, 11; Filip Serwatka 1, 0-0, 2; Jason Spriggs 8, 0-2, 16; Totals 29, 8-19, 73

Three-point field goals 7 (Johnson 3, Huxford 3, House 1)

Lakeland

Tim Abbott 2, 0-0, 6; Jalen King 11, 3-5, 28; Mitch Herber 0, 0-0, 0; Todd Knote 0, 0-0, 0; Dustin Cunningham 0, 0-0, 0; Marco Olivares 3, 1-2, 8; Cody Richardson 2, 0-0, 5; Spencer Mortola 0, 0-0, 0;

Totals 18, 4-7, 47

Three-point field goals 7 (King 3, Abbott 2, Olivares 1, Richardson 1)

East Noble 42

Lakeland 39

Scoring by quarters

      EN    8    10    10    14     -42

      LL    9    11      8     11    -39

East Noble

Landon Tackett 0, 0-0, 0; Ben Murray 0, 0-0, 0; Jacob Brown 0, 0-0, 0; Ian Dove 2, 0-0, 5; Nathan Brown 4, 0-1, 8; Nick Myers 2, 0-0, 4; Houston Pattee 1, 0-0, 2; Kaleb Williams 2, 0-0, 2; T.J. Blair 5, 1-2, 12; Andrew Gordon 3, 0-2, 6; Totals 19, 1-5, 42

Three-point field goals 3 (Dove 1, Williams 1, Blair 1)

Lakeland

Tim Abbott 3, 3-3, 9; Jalen King 3, 3-4, 10; Mitch Herber 0, 0-0, 0; Todd Knote 0, 0-0, 0; Dustin Cunningham 0, 0-0, 0; Marco Olivares 0, 0-0, 0; Cody Richardson 3, 0-0, 8; Spencer Mortola 4, 1-2, 12; Totals 13, 7-9, 39

Three-point field goals 6 (Mortola 3, Richardson 2, King 1)