Basketball Game Preview: La Crescent Lancers vs. Chatfield Gophers

The La Crescent Lancers will head out to face off against the Chatfield Gophers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. La Crescent will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

La Crescent is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 51-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Albert Lea.

Meanwhile, Chatfield had to suffer through a 75-40 loss at the hands of Prairie du Chien. While losing is never fun, the Gophers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 210th in Minnesota, while the Blackhawks are ranked 26th in Wisconsin).

La Crescent's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Chatfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.

La Crescent lost to Chatfield on the road by a decisive 70-52 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can La Crescent avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.