Basketball Game Preview: Lakeland Preparatory Lions vs. White House-Heritage Patriots

The Lakeland Preparatory Lions and the White House-Heritage Patriots will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Lakeland Preparatory will head into Tuesday's matchup after some sweet revenge against KIPP Collegiate: Lakeland Preparatory lost a heartbreaker the last time they played KIPP Collegiate, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of 2's contest. Lakeland Preparatory claimed a resounding 62-21 win over KIPP Collegiate. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 24 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, White House-Heritage waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Spartans as they made off with a 69-45 victory. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Spartans are ranked 330th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Lakeland Preparatory has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.5 points per game. As for White House-Heritage, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.