Basketball Game Preview: New Berlin Eisenhower Lions vs. Pewaukee Pirates

New Berlin Eisenhower is 0-10 against Pewaukee since December of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The New Berlin Eisenhower Lions will challenge the Pewaukee Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

New Berlin Eisenhower is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They took a 67-50 bruising from New Berlin West. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Vikings are ranked 89th).

Meanwhile, Pewaukee was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 81-77 to Greendale. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (71), the Pirates still had to take the loss.

New Berlin Eisenhower's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Pewaukee, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5.

New Berlin Eisenhower was dealt a bruising 70-20 loss at the hands of Pewaukee when the teams last played back in January. Can New Berlin Eisenhower avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.