Basketball Game Preview: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights vs. Sibley East Wolverines

The Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights will face off against the Sibley East Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial has seven straight victories, Sibley East has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial will head into Tuesday's matchup having proved themselves against Minnesota Valley Lutheran: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial took a 21-point defeat the last time they faced off against Minnesota Valley Lutheran, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial had just enough and edged Minnesota Valley Lutheran out 68-65.

Meanwhile, Sibley East ended up a good deal behind Le Sueur-Henderson on Tuesday and lost 65-50. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Giants are ranked 89th).

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.4 points per game. As for Sibley East, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.

Everything went Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial's way against Sibley East when the teams last played back in January of 2023, as Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial made off with a 72-46 victory. Does Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sibley East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.