Basketball Game Preview: Wheaton Academy Warriors vs. Lemont Lemont HS

The Wheaton Academy Warriors will take on the Lemont Lemont HS in a tournament on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.

Wheaton Academy will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Timothy Christian, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Wheaton Academy narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Timothy Christian 43-41.

Meanwhile, Lemont didn't have too much trouble with Chicago Christian last Saturday as they won 51-35. The Lemont HS pushed the score to 43-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.

Lemont has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Wheaton Academy, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.