Lyle-Pacelli boys basketball team knocked off by Randolph

Published 11:54 pm Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Lyle-Pacelli boys basketball team lost 68-43 to Randolph (7-5 overall, 5-3 SEC) on the road Thursday.

The Athletics (8-5 overall, 6-3 SEC) were led by Braden Kocer, who had 16 points, but they struggled from the field in the loss.

“They came out really shooting the basketball well and we struggled,” LP head coach Scott Koenigs said. We had all kinds of easy shots around the basket and we couldn’t get anything to fall. It was our worst shooting percentage performance of the season.”

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LP 20 23 — 43

Randolph 34 34 — 68

LP scoring: Braden Kocer, 16; Jordan Cotter, 7; Noah Jiskra, 5; Kamis Kuku, 5; Brady Lester, 3; Trinity Anderson, 3; Nathan Drees, 2; Lee Bauer, 2; free throws: 58 percent (7-for-12)