Preview: Lake View Wildcats vs. Northridge Knights
Lake View is 0-3 against Northridge since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lake View Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Northridge Knights at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Lake View earned a 60-52 victory over Beacon Academy. The victory was just what Lake View needed coming off of a 72-39 defeat in their prior game.
Ayden Reed continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Loza, who scored 17 points.
In what's become a running theme this season, Northridge gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 69-31 victory over Christian Liberty. Given Northridge's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Christian Liberty is ranked 572nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lake View is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Northridge, they pushed their record up to 22-7 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Lake View suffered a grim 60-39 defeat to Northridge in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. Can Lake View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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