Preview: Harvard-Westlake Wolverines vs. Oak Park Eagles
The Harvard-Westlake Wolverines will head out on the road to face off against the Oak Park Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
With a playoff game on the line, Harvard-Westlake rose to the challenge on Thursday. They breezed by the Lions at home to the tune of 70-42. Harvard-Westlake pushed the score to 56-29 by the end of the third, a deficit JSerra Catholic had little chance of recovering from.
Harvard-Westlake's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Angelina Habis, who scored 19 points along with six assists and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Deana Thompson, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Oak Park came tearing into Thursday's matchup with 20 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.6 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against Del Norte by a score of 62-51. That's two games straight that Oak Park has won by exactly 11 points.
Harvard-Westlake's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-18. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points per game. As for Oak Park, their victory bumped their record up to 22-7.
Harvard-Westlake couldn't quite finish off Oak Park in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 and fell 64-62. Can Harvard-Westlake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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