{"id":4699,"date":"2009-02-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/boys-bball-lakewood-wins-fourth-straight-to-move-on-to-playoffs-millikan-eliminated\/"},"modified":"2009-02-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T12:00:00","slug":"boys-bball-lakewood-wins-fourth-straight-to-move-on-to-playoffs-millikan-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/boys-bball-lakewood-wins-fourth-straight-to-move-on-to-playoffs-millikan-eliminated","title":{"rendered":"Boys&#8217; BBall: Lakewood Wins Fourth Straight To Move On To Playoffs; Millikan Eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;'><img src='images\/archive\/sports\/photo19823.jpg' align='left' \/><\/div>\n<p>         It all came down to this.&nbsp; After an entire season that left Millikan and Lakewood with identical league records, forty minutes would decide both teams&rsquo; fates.&nbsp; One team would move on to the playoffs, while the other would have to wait until next season for a shot at the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>On a neutral site at Wilson High last night, Lakewood outlasted Millikan thanks to a 26-8 second half sequence that gave the Lancers a seventeen-point lead for good.&nbsp; Junior forward Jared Garber led all scorers with 20 points, and senior Stephen Armstrong backed him up with 13 points and nine rebounds.&nbsp; Several others scored for Lakewood in an all-around effort.<\/p>\n<p>With the 58-46 victory, Lakewood will play in the postseason and will learn their opponent in the playoff drawing tomorrow. Lakewood won their final four games to squeak into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>For Millikan, the loss is their third in a row and ends a once-promising season that sparked high hopes when the Rams went on a four-game winning streak late in the Moore League schedule.&nbsp; But Millikan could not beat league champions Jordan on Thursday night and were forced into the contest against Lakewood.&nbsp; Senior guard Kierre Beverly ended a spectacular career with 18 points and four rebounds, but missed his final seven shots as the Rams fell deeper into a hole.&nbsp; Junior guard Alden Darby chipped in 12 points and six rebounds.<br \/>&nbsp;                <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">  body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> body { \tbackground: #FFF; } <\/style><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a winner-take-all playoff game for the right to advance to the postseason, Lakewood extended their winning streak while Millikan&#8217;s light faded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}