Basketball Game Preview: Lutheran West Longhorns vs. Example Academy Eagles

The Lutheran West Longhorns will take on the Example Academy Eagles in a tournament on Saturday.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-32, which was the final score in Lutheran West's tilt against Trinity on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Trojans are ranked 204th).

Meanwhile, Example Academy entered their tilt with SPIRE Academy on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 48-36 victory over the SPIRE.

Lutheran West's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8. As for Example Academy, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.