Overland Park ? When Lawrence High has won games this season, sophomore Chisom Ajekwu and junior E’lease Stafford have often been the driving force of its offense.

With Stafford scoring two points on 1-of-10 shooting, the Lions needed to find another source of scoring to earn their first win of 2017.

The Lions were able to do just that on Tuesday in a 52-44 road win on Tuesday night over Shawnee Mission West.

Ajekwu still led the team with 13 points, but a few other players stepped up to fill the scoring void. Sophomore Sammy Williams scored 11 points, junior Tamo Thomas scored six points and sophomore Hannah Stewart scored eight points.

“We are working hard to develop our depth and are looking for someone consistent to emerge from the pack,” Dickson said. “We are starting to get some really reliable minutes from Sammy (Williams) and Tamo (Thomas).”

Lawrence (6-2) snapped a two game losing streak, and got its first win over Shawnee Mission West since 2004.

“Coach brought that up to us at the end of the game,” Stewart said. “It was exciting, that’s a long time.”

So long ago, in fact, that Stewart hadn’t even started school the last time the Lions beat the Vikings.

“I was three years old, I think,” Stewart said. “Yeah, that’s a long time ago.”

The Lions got off to a quick 9-2 lead, and they led 15-5 at the end of the first quarter. Behind a pressure defense and up-tempo offense, the Lions were able to extend their lead to 25-11 in the second quarter.

“We executed the game plan and we ran the floor better,” Stewart said. “We needed to make the adjustments from the games we lost. We needed to make sure we ran the floor better and play together as a team.”

The Vikings fought back and cut the Lions lead to 31-18 at halftime. The Vikings didn’t shoot the ball well (33 percent) but they were able to stay in the game thanks to an impressive effort on the offensive glass.

“I thought we stood around a lot tonight as spectators and waited for Sammy (Williams) and Chisom (Ajekwu) to get all the rebounds,” Dickson said. “They outworked us and made us pay for being lazy on the glass.”

The Lions won the third quarter14-8, and were able to withstand a furious fourth quarter rally by the Vikings to come away victorious.

Lawrence will travel to Olathe East at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

LAWRENCE (52)

Chisom Ajekwu 6-10 1-4 13, E’lease Stafford 1-10, 0-0 2, Hannah Stewart 3-8 1-2 8, Talima Harjo 1-4 0-2 2, Olivia Lemus 2-2 0-0 5, Sammy Williams 2-3 7-14 11, Tamo Thomas 2-5, 0-0 6, Skylar Drum 0-1 0-0 0, Asia Goodwin 0-2 5-6 5, Kiikto Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Leslie Ostronic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 17-47 14-28 52.

SHAWNEE MISSION WEST (44)

Jheda Kennedy 3-11 0-0 8, Emma Beason 3-13 0-2 6, Macie Lee 1-2 0-0 3, Kayla Henrie 1-4 0-0 2, Khaliah Hines 3-11 2-5 9, Ashlyn Henrie 3-8 0-0 6, Megan Biehl 2-3 0-0 5, Kayla Henrie 0-0 3-4 3, Kierra Prim 1-2 0-2 2, Jaleah Cullors 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-54 5-13. 44.

Lawrence 15 16 14 7 — 52

Shawnee Mission West 5 13 8 18 — 44

Three point goals: Lawrence 4-18 (Tamo Thomas 2, Stewart 1, Lemus 1). Shawnee Mission West 6-22 (Kennedy 2, Lee 1, Hines 1, Biehl 1, Prim 1). Fouled out: none. Turnovers: Lawrence 11, Shawnee Mission West 16.