Lakenheath's Bryanna Wallace scores against Baumholder during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Wallace finished the game with 10 points and 13 rebounds. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Bryanna Wallace scores against Baumholder during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Wallace finished the game with 10 points and 13 rebounds. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Baumholder point guard Jasmine Dorsey shoots a free throw shot a high school varsity basketball game hosted by the Lancers at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. The Buccaneers earned a total of six points from the free throw line. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Seraphina Raas shoots against Baumholder defenders during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Raas finished the game with 18 points and 20 rebounds. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Nadia Brooks attempts a jump shot against Baumholder's Jasmine Dorsey during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Brooks scored 10 points in the Lancers 43-6 victory over the Buccaneers. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Nadia Brooks attempts a lay-up against Baumholder's Rowen Payne during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Brooks scored 10 points in the Lancers 43-6 victory over the Buccaneers. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Dezmond Huggins attempts a jump shot against Baumholder's Lawrence Huxtable during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Huggins contributed 13 points towards his team's 55-32 victory. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Daniel Oleman scores against Baumholder's Stephen Christman during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Oleman finished the game with 27 points, 10 rebounds and six steals. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath's Maurice Thomas scores an easy shot against Baumholder during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. Thomas earned 10 points in the 55-32 victory over Baumholder. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Baumholder's Chandler Pigge' attempts a shot against Lakenheath defenders during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
Baumholder's Lawrence Huxtable is all alone for a score against the Lancers during a high school varsity basketball game at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, January 26, 2019. (William Howard/Stars and Stripes)
RAF LAKENHEATH, England — Aggressive play paid off for the Lakenheath Lancers girls basketball team Saturday. But it cost the Baumholder boys.
GirlsThe Lancers maintained a calm and steady stream of constant points in their 43-6 win over the Buccaneers, who earned all their half-dozen points from the foul line.
Lakenheath’s effective use of full-court press defense frazzled and frustrated Baumholder’s players throughout the game.
The Buccaneers rushed passes and shots that led to many turnovers and Lakenheath scores.
Seraphina Raas led the Lancers in scoring with 18 points and teammates Bryanna Wallace and Nadia Brooks both scored 10.
Lakenheath also maintained control of the ball thanks to 20 rebounds from Raas and 13 from Wallace.
Baumholder’s Jasmine Dorsey scored the first point for her team from the foul line in the second quarter.
BoysIt was a violently close first half for both teams but a Lakenheath scoring run in the third quarter led to a 55-32 victory.
It seemed like an even match for the first half of the game. Both teams traded scores through fast breaks, crafty plays and foul shots.
They also traded fouls, with each team finishing the first half with 10 team fouls and a warning from the referees to calm it down.
Baumholder’s star player Chandler Piggé was put on the bench so he wouldn’t foul out and Lakenheath took the lead in the third.
“When he goes out it’s a little bit tougher for the floor to be balanced,” Baumholder coach Dewayne Piggé said.
The Lancers outscored the Bucs 18-4 to take command.
Lakenheath’s Daniel Oleman led his team with 27 points, 10 rebounds and six steals. He was followed by Dezmond Huggins with 13 points and Maurice Thomas with 10. Adam Wodey had 11 rebounds.
Top scorers for Baumholder included Piggé with 12, Lawrence Huxtable with 10 and Stephen Christmas with eight.
Baumholder’s intensity was boosted by the return of Piggé in the final quarter but the team was only able to again match Lakenheath’s scoring and couldn’t really cut into the lead.
“Our defensive effort just wasn’t there like it should’ve been,” coach Piggé said.
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