Basketball Game Preview: Ottawa Pirates vs. LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers

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Previous Games

12/13/24 - Home	54-19 W
02/08/24 - Home	30-24 W
01/09/24 - Away	40-38 W
02/14/23 - Home	51-34 W
01/27/23 - Away	43-34 W
+ 5 more games

Ottawa is 9-1 against LaSalle-Peru since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Ottawa Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers at 2:30 p.m. Ottawa will be strutting in after a victory while LaSalle-Peru will be coming in after a defeat.

Ottawa took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They came out on top against Sandwich by a score of 48-36. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Indians are ranked 400th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, LaSalle-Peru came up short against Dixon on Thursday and fell 45-37. The loss continues a trend for the Cavaliers in their matchups with the Dukes & Duchesses: they've now lost four in a row.

Ottawa pushed their record up to 16-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for LaSalle-Peru, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13.

Everything came up roses for Ottawa against LaSalle-Peru when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the team secured a 54-19 victory. In that match, Ottawa amassed a halftime lead of 45-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.