Basketball Game Preview: Licking Valley Panthers vs. Lakewood Lancers

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Previous Games

12/16/23 - Away	67-39 W
12/14/22 - Home	46-32 W
12/08/21 - Away	66-19 W
02/06/21 - Home	78-43 W
02/08/20 - Away	73-61 W
+ 5 more games

Licking Valley has gone 9-1 against Lakewood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Licking Valley Panthers will be playing at home against the Lakewood Lancers at 7:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Licking Valley has three straight victories, Lakewood has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

It was a proper cat-fight when Licking Valley took on Liberty Union on Saturday. Licking Valley walked away with a 73-63 win over Liberty Union. The Panthers pushed the score to 61-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, Lakewood was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 46-41 to Newark Catholic.

Licking Valley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.9 points per game. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.

Everything came up roses for Licking Valley against Lakewood in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 67-39 victory. Will Licking Valley repeat their success, or does Lakewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.