Basketball Game Preview: Indian Lake Lakers vs. North Union Wildcats

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2024, 5:11am

Preview: Indian Lake Lakers vs. North Union Wildcats

The Indian Lake Lakers will head out on the road to take on the North Union Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Indian Lake knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully North Union likes a good challenge.

Indian Lake pushed their score all the way to 59 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 69-59 to Versailles. Indian Lake has not had much luck with Versailles recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Meanwhile, North Union unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 64-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of River Valley. While losing is never fun, North Union can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while River Valley is ranked 73rd).

Indian Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 16-5. As for North Union, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-4.

Indian Lake strolled past North Union in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 63-45. The rematch might be a little tougher for Indian Lake since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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