Basketball Recap: Lowell's Victory on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Four

Cardinals

Previous 4 Games

01/31/25 vs Balboa	60-36
01/27/25 @ Mission	59-36
01/24/25 vs Washington	47-42
01/21/25 @ Wallenberg	42-33

Lowell came tearing into Friday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Balboa Buccaneers as they made off with a 60-36 win. The Cardinals pushed the score to 47-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers cut but never quite recovered from.

Despite the loss, Balboa still got an impressive performance from Alan Ly, who posted ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matteo Byrd, who scored six points.

Lowell is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.9 points per game. As for Balboa, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 15 of their last 18 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-19 record this season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lowell will host Washington at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Washington has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Balboa has already played their next contest (against Mission), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.