Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Christian Patriots vs. Living Word Lutheran Timberwolves

The Heritage Christian Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Living Word Lutheran Timberwolves at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-13, which was the final score in Heritage Christian's tilt against Luther Prep on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 391st, while the Phoenix are ranked 136th).

Meanwhile, Living Word Lutheran came up short against Lake Country Lutheran on Thursday and fell 64-52.

Living Word Lutheran's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Heritage Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season.

Heritage Christian took a serious blow against Living Word Lutheran in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 73-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Living Word Lutheran's Elaina Raymond, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 steals. Now that Heritage Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.