By Anastasia Stepankowsky

Wildcat head coach Keffrey Fazio says that the West Seattle boys basketball team isn’t built to come from behind. West Seattle fell behind 15-0 and never recovered in a 69-50 loss to the Lakeside Lions Wednesday night.

The Lions held West Seattle’s lead shooter, Nate Pryor, to just 13 points, nine below his average, while Lakeside sophomore Daejon Davis and junior Isiah Brown scorched the net for 57 points between them.

“It’s a tough game plan to match-up against two kids like that,” Fazio said. “We’re not very deep, so I think we were a little tired and we were a little sleepy to start the game. We didn’t start playing the way we like to play from the beginning, and for a team like us we’re not built to come back like that. We have to sustain the game.”

West Seattle trailed 21-7 after the first quarter, 35-19 at the half and never could find a way to stop Davis and Brown, who have received recruiting interest from several Division I schools, including the University of Washington.

West Seattle plays Bainbridge for ninth place in the Metro Conference and a district bid at 5:45 p.m. Thursday at Garfield High School. The last time they met, West Seattle fell by only three points, but Fazio said he’s confident.

“For us it’s all about our mentality. We’re not a big team. It’s been the same speech every year. We’re not big. We’re not ultra-talented. We have a very specific way we have to play, and if we don’t do that it’s going to be hard for us to win,” Fazio said.

The loser of Thursday night’s game does not move on to Districts.