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GLASS WORK- Zameron Lecroy battled for a rebound in a 47-37 Levelland Lobo home loss to the Seminole Indians last Friday in UIL high school boys’ basketball action. Lecroy had seven points in the effort. The Lobos will host Sweetwater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. (Photo by Jay Kelley.)
GLASS WORK- Zameron Lecroy battled for a rebound in a 47-37 Levelland Lobo home loss to the Seminole Indians last Friday in UIL high school boys’ basketball action. Lecroy had seven points in the effort. The Lobos will host Sweetwater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. (Photo by Jay Kelley.)
The Levelland Lobos dropped their last non-district home game against the Seminole Indians 47-37 in a UIL high school basketball game that went back and forth until the final period last Friday.
Levelland was down 4-0 in the first two minutes after Seminole converted three turnovers.
Two free-throws from Konnor Alexander put Levelland on the board at the 5:47 mark and a lay-up from Taeshaun Jones tied the score just over a minute later.
Two more free-throws from Alexander gave the Lobos their first lead of the game – 6-4 – with 3:33 left in the first period.
The Lobos stayed ahead for the rest of the first period, but a trey by Seminole’s Hector Contreras at the buzzer made the score 12-11 for Levelland.
The second quarter went back-and-forth.
Levelland went up 14-11 on a basket from Taeshaun Jones, but Seminole’s Caton Cramer hit a basket in response.
Then Indian Blake Flowers hit a basket for a 15-14 Seminole lead with 5:37 left in the first half.
Taeshaun Jones hit a freethrow to make the score 15 all, but Channing Carter answered with a Seminole three-point shot for an 18-15 Indian lead.
Seminole stayed ahead until 50 seconds left in the half, when a basket from Jayden Castillo tied the score at 21.
Neamiah Campos hit a basket with 32 seconds left to put the Lobos up 23-21 on their way to a 25-22 lead at half-time.
The third quarter saw a few more lead changes. Seminole tied the score at 27 each with 5:15 left in the period on a basket from John Cottrell.
A steal and lay-up from Flowers put the Indians up 29-27, prompting a time-out from the Levelland bench.
The Lobos took their final lead of the game on a trey from Zameron LeCroy at the 2:39 mark in the third.
Seminole’s offense answered with six unanswered points to take a 35-32 lead into the fourth quarter.
Back-to-back baskets at the beginning of the fourth quarter put the Indians up by seven at 3932.
The Lobos couldn’t recover and by the end of the game were forced to foul in order to get the ball.
Seminole hit their free-throws on their way to the win.
Erik Jones and Taeshaun Jones had nine points each. LeCroy had seven. Alexander, Campos and Castillo had four each.
The Lobos will host Sweetwater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.