Basketball Game Preview: Racine Park Panthers vs. Oak Creek Knights

Racine Park hasn't had much luck against Oak Creek recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Racine Park Panthers will be playing at home against the Oak Creek Knights at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Racine Park's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five matches.

Racine Park is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest defeat since January 7th on Thursday. They lost 89-65 to Racine Case. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (63), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Ellie Khreish

Points

02/06/25 @ Racine Case	20
02/04/25 @ Franklin	35
01/31/25 @ Racine Horlick	17

The losing side was boosted by Ellie Khreish, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. The contest was her third in a row with at least 17 points. Leylanna Cruz was another key player, putting up 12 points.

Meanwhile, Oak Creek entered their tilt with Franklin on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They enjoyed a cozy 45-31 win over the Sabers. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Sabers are ranked 289th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Oak Creek pushed their record up to 13-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points over those games. As for Racine Park, they now have a losing record at 10-11.

Racine Park was dealt a bruising 69-28 loss at the hands of Oak Creek in their previous meeting back in January. Will Racine Park have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.