Basketball Game Preview: Northwest Lions vs. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Blue Devils
By Team Reports
Feb 12, 2025, 1:13am
Basketball Preview: Northwest Lions vs. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Blue Devils
The Northwest Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Maplewood-Richmond Heights Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northwest is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Northwest is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Parkway South on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northwest was beaten by Parkway South 73-33. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 443rd, while the Patriots are ranked 69th).
Meanwhile, Maplewood-Richmond Heights humbled McCluer South-Berkeley with a 65-22 victory. The victory continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now won three in a row.
The win got Maplewood-Richmond Heights back to even at 2-2. As for Northwest, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.
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