Preview: Detroit Lakes Lakers vs. Crosby-Ironton Rangers
Detroit Lakes is 8-2 against Crosby-Ironton since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Detroit Lakes Lakers will look to defend their home court against the Crosby-Ironton Rangers at 7:15 p.m. Detroit Lakes has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,904 points over their last 25 matchups.
Park Rapids typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Detroit Lakes proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 79-76 win over the Panthers. Given Detroit Lakes' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Park Rapids is ranked 100th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
In what's become a running theme this season, Crosby-Ironton gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 91-67 margin over Staples-Motley. 91 seems to be a good number for Crosby-Ironton as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Detroit Lakes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Crosby-Ironton, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 21-5.
Detroit Lakes beat Crosby-Ironton 62-52 in their previous matchup on February 8th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Crosby-Ironton's James Stokman, who shot 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Detroit Lakes still be able to contain Stokman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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