Basketball Game Preview: L.C. Bird Skyhawks vs. Midlothian Trojans

By Team Reports Jan 23, 2025, 12:19am

Basketball Preview: L.C. Bird Skyhawks vs. Midlothian Trojans

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12/04/24 - Home92-61 W
01/19/24 - Home68-36 W
12/01/23 - Home64-33 W
02/21/23 - Home56-47 W
01/13/23 - Away74-55 W
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L.C. Bird has gone 10-0 against Midlothian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The L.C. Bird Skyhawks will venture away from home to face off against the Midlothian Trojans at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (L.C. Bird has four straight wins, Midlothian has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, L.C. Bird didn't have too much trouble with Cosby as they won 58-42. Given the Skyhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Titans are ranked 148th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Midlothian came up short against Petersburg on Saturday and fell 69-61. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Trojans still had to take the loss.

Midlothian's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for L.C. Bird, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.

Everything came up roses for L.C. Bird against Midlothian in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 92-61 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for L.C. Bird since the team 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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