Sunapee — Shot pocket is a term that would seem more appropriate for a hockey scrum, but at Sunapee High School the term is a big part of the offensive scheme for the Lakers’ girls basketball team. And it was very much in evidence on Friday night at Sherberne Gym during a 68-38 win over Lisbon in a NHIAA Division IV contest.

Several years ago, Sunapee coach Tim LaTorra was at a clinic at the University of Maryland, and came away being impressed with the shot pocket concept. It’s all a matter of putting a pass in the best position for a shooter to get off a quick shot.

“It’s got to do with making the pass to the shooter and putting the ball in her hands where she can launch it right away,” LaTorra said. “If the pass is too high or at the shooter’s feet, it screws up the shooter’s rhythm. You try to put it right in the pocket.”

And that’s what Faith Larpenter’s Sunapee teammates did all night long. The senior dropped 30 points on the Panthers, hitting seven of 10 attempts from 3-point territory as the Lakers rolled to the victory.

Larpenter said those numbers would not have occurred if her teammates hadn’t put the ball right where it was easy for her to shoot.

“They put it right in my shot pocket,” she said. “We work on it at practice all the time.

“We’ve been playing together since rec league, and we just flow as a unit. We’re great together. They know where I want the ball.”

While this was the 50th straight win for the two-time defending champions, it was not a crisp effort. Even though there was never any doubt as to who was going to win the game, there were some sluggish moments.

“We needed Faith to step up,” LaTorra said. “What she did opened up things for some of the other girls.”

Lisbon (1-1) came into the game worried about the Lakers’ Kate Frederick (an inch taller since last year, now at 6-foot-3), and Frederick drew a lot of attention when she got the ball. She also dealt with foul trouble all night (she picked up her fourth at the 4:26 mark of the third period) and had to sit twice. She still finished with 14 points.

Sunapee, after opening the season with a 64-9 win at Wilton-Lyndeborough, was playing the first of five consecutive home games. The schedule also contains a Feb. 8 game at Mount Royal, a parochial school about a quarter-mile from Sunapee High.

The Panthers scrapped from the start, but couldn’t convert their scoring opportunities under the basket. The Lakers, after a slow start, got the lead to 9-3 and, in the space of 34 seconds, Larpenter hit two bombs and suddenly it was 15-3. Meg Frederick also hit a 3-pointer before the period ended on a night when the Lakers would drop in nine triples in all.

The lead got up to 40-18 at the half as Larpenter hit two more from outside, but the Panthers hung in to show that they had some talent left from a team that made it to the semifinals a year ago. Lisbon held the Lakers to just 11 points in the third quarter, finally paying a little more defensive attention to Larpenter long after Sunapee had taken control of the game.

Hinsdale comes to Sunapee on Tuesday.