Basketball Game Preview: Lick-Wilmerding Tigers vs. Burlingame Panthers

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lick-Wilmerding Tigers challenge the Burlingame Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday... Lick-Wilmerding has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Burlingame will come in with three straight victories.

Lick-Wilmerding is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lick-Wilmerding lost 68-47 to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. The Tigers were down 56-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

The losing side was boosted by Avery Robins, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 17 boards. She has become a key player for Lick-Wilmerding: the team is 2-1 when she posts at least eight rebounds, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauryn Lacap, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 10 points and five rebounds.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Burlingame). They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 65-27 win over The Nueva School. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Burlingame's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Lick-Wilmerding, they now have a losing record at 3-4.

Everything came up roses for Lick-Wilmerding against Burlingame when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 51-22 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lick-Wilmerding since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.