Basketball Game Preview: Booker T. Washington-Shreveport Lions vs. Northwood Falcons
By Team Reports
Jan 30, 2025, 1:15am
Basketball Preview: Booker T. Washington-Shreveport Lions vs. Northwood Falcons

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12/10/24 - Home | 59-36 W |
02/06/24 - Home | 53-58 L |
12/05/23 - Away | 51-54 L |
02/07/23 - Neutral | 46-40 W |
01/28/22 - Away | 76-50 W |
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Booker T. Washington-Shreveport has gone 8-2 against Northwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Booker T. Washington-Shreveport Lions will square off against the Northwood Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Booker T. Washington-Shreveport is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since December 21, 2024 on Tuesday. They blew past North DeSoto 67-27. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Griffins are ranked 307th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwood). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Woodlawn-Shreveport 66-34. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Booker T. Washington-Shreveport's victory bumped their record up to 17-12. As for Northwood, their win bumped their record up to 12-18.
Everything went Booker T. Washington-Shreveport's way against Northwood in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as Booker T. Washington-Shreveport made off with a 59-36 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Booker T. Washington-Shreveport since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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