Basketball Game Preview: Lone Tree Lions vs. Columbus Wildcats

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Previous Games

12/03/24 - Home	37-44 L
01/25/24 - Away	52-33 W
11/28/23 - Home	58-64 L
01/10/23 - Neutral	52-33 W
11/29/22 - Neutral	32-31 W
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Lone Tree is 8-2 against Columbus since January of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lone Tree Lions take on the Columbus Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Lone Tree sitting on four straight wins and Columbus on six.

If Lone Tree beats Columbus with 67 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Lone Tree simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Highland 67-24. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Columbus humbled Louisa-Muscatine with a 47-19 victory. The Wildcats is also no stranger to big wins: their blowout on Tuesday was the six matchup they've won by 20+ points or more this season.

Lone Tree has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points per game. As for Columbus, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.

Lone Tree came up short against Columbus when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 44-37. Can Lone Tree avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.