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For the second straight Friday, Lakota West won a close game against a Greater Miami Conference opponent. This time, the Firebirds blew a 12-point lead in the second half only to go onto a 77-71 overtime win against Colerain.

Last Friday, Lakota West handed Middletown its first conference loss of the season when it won by the score of 56-53.

In the overtime win against Colerain, junior Monty Boykins recorded a season high 26 points and pulled down a career high 15 rebounds for Lakota West. Teammates, sophomore Tyler Williams added 14 points and junior Ali Barnes finished with 20 points.

Senior Elisha Campbell led Colerain with 21 points. His teammates, juniors C.J. Reed and Milton Davis each scored 15 points in the loss.

In its next game, Lakota West will visit Oak Hills (7-7 overall, 5-4 in the Greater Miami Conference) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Colerain will also be in action at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when it hosts Mason (13-2 overall, 7-2 in the GMC).

Lakota West 77, Colerain 71 OT

Colerain (7-7, 2-7 in the GMC) – Porter 1 0 3, Reed 7 1 15, Campbell 9 2 21, Irby 1 1 4, Davis 4 6 15, Walters 5 2 13. Totals 27 12 71.

Lakota West (9-6, 6-3 in the GMC) – Thomas 1 2 4, Barnes 7 4 20, Stalker 3 0 6, Williams 3 6 14, Martin 2 3 7, Boykins 8 8 26. Totals 24 23 77.

Halftime: Lakota West 32-24. 3-Pointers: L 6 (Barnes 2, Williams 2, Boykins 2); C 5 (Porter, Campbell, Irby, Davis, Walters).

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Lakota East improved its perfect record to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in the Greater Miami Conference with a convincing 65-46 win against Colerain Feb. 11 on Senior Night. The Thunderhawks’ set of six seniors, who all have played a big role in the program’s record-setting season, were honored prior to the game.

Lakota East was able to shake the distractions of Senior Night and jumped out to an impressive lead; and was up 56-25 at the end of the third quarter. The Cardinals were able to outscore the Thunderhawks in the final frame, 21-9, to make the final score a bit closer.

The convincing win should help Lakota East’s chances of landing a No. 1 seed in the sectional playoff tournament draw, which is set to take place Sunday, Feb. 13, afternoon at Princeton. Moeller (18-0 overall, 9-0 in Greater Catholic League), which is No. 1 in the Associated Press state poll, is also hoping for the No. 1 seed.

Senior Cameron Lee led Lakota East with 13 points. Senior teammates Jalen Goodwin (six points), R.J. Leppert (five points, six rebounds), Michael Boyd (eight points, five assists), Jeff Cargill (nine points, three blocks) and Brian Evans (four points) all contributed to the win.

Colerain junior Elisha Campbell led all scorers with a career-high 30 points.

Lakota East will wrap up the regular season on Friday, Feb. 18 with a road game at Middletown (14-4 overall, 10-3 in GMC) at 7:30 p.m.

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The Lakota West boys’ basketball team (2-3 overall, 0-2 in the Greater Miami Conference) began the season by winning its first two games, but has lost three straight including two games within the GMC. Tonight, Dec. 21, the Firebirds will try to snap the losing streak when they host Colerain (2-3 overall, 1-1 in GMC) at 7:30 p.m.

The last three games, however, have been against some of the area’s top basketball teams. Each team, La Salle (No. 1), Princeton (No. 5) and Mason (No. 7) is ranked in the top ten in the Cincinnati Enquirer coaches’ poll. As a group, the three opponents have a combined record of 12-1.

Meanwhile, Colerain is coming off a 50-32 win against Oak Hills (0-5 overall, 0-2 in GMC) Dec. 17 and is currently ranked No. 15 in the coaches’ poll.

Lakota West is tied at No. 16 in the same poll.

Statistically, sophomore Bryan Porter (11 points and 4.4 rebounds per game) and junior Elisha Campbell (10.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game) lead Colerain.

Lakota West has received good scoring efforts from senior Phillip Cook (13.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game) and sophomore Monty Boykins (10.2 points and 4 rebounds per game). Cook’s 13.8 scoring average is second best in the GMC.

WestChesterBuzz.com will have photos and a recap from tonight’s game.

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