Basketball Game Preview: Lift for Life Academy Hawks vs. Cardinal Ritter College Prep Lions

The Lift for Life Academy Hawks will face off against the Cardinal Ritter College Prep Lions at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Lift for Life Academy is looking for their season's first win.

Lift for Life Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Confluence Prep Academy by a score of 70-67 last Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), the Hawks still had to take the loss.

Farmington typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Cardinal Ritter College Prep proved too difficult a challenge. Everything went their way against the Knights as they made off with a 74-53 victory. The win was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Knights are ranked 20th).

Lift for Life Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Cardinal Ritter College Prep, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-10.

Lift for Life Academy was taken down by Cardinal Ritter College Prep 73-39 when the teams last played back in February of 2015. Will Lift for Life Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.