Basketball Recap: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Takes a Loss

If Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial was riding high fresh off their 77-54 takedown of Minnesota Valley Lutheran last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 61-60 to the Sibley East Wolverines. The Knights have struggled against the Wolverines recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Sibley East, their win bumped their record up to 6-11.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial will host St. James at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully St. James likes a good challenge. Sibley East has already played their next game (against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.