The Lamesa Golden Tornado boys captured a 75-66 win over Springlake-Earth this past Thursday in their opening game of the annual Wildcat Classic basketball tournament at Littlefield.
Lamesa trailed 18-15 at the end of the first quarter but came back to outscore the Wolverines 20-15 in the second period.
The third quarter proved to be a pivotal one as the Golden Tornadoes outscored Springlake-Earth 23-10 to take a commanding 58-43 lead into the final period.
Three Golden Tornadoes scored in double digits, with Khalil Smiley putting up 21 points, Jackson Napper scoring 15, and Ernie Morales tallying 14.
Also scoring for Lamesa were Ethan ...