Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Christian Eagles vs. Lyons Lions

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Previous Games

01/12/24 - Away	56-5 W
01/13/23 - Home	60-31 W
02/05/22 - Home	71-25 W
02/02/21 - Away	42-31 W
02/25/20 - Neutral	55-28 W
+ 5 more games

Heritage Christian has gone 10-0 against Lyons recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Heritage Christian Eagles will welcome the Lyons Lions at 6:30 p.m. Heritage Christian will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.

Heritage Christian will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 49) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Briggsdale, sneaking past 45-43.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lyons, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 47-37 victory over SkyView Academy on Friday.

Lyons found their leader in sophomore Ava Vasquez, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Vasquez a new career-high in assists (five). Another player making a difference was Gretta Wynja, who went 6 of 13 on her way to 13 points and six boards.

Lyons' win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.7 points per game. As for Heritage Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.

Everything came up roses for Heritage Christian against Lyons when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 56-5 win. In that matchup, Heritage Christian amassed a halftime lead of 25-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.