Basketball Game Preview: Life Prep Fire vs. Oklahoma City S Storm

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 2:21am

Preview: Life Prep Fire vs. Oklahoma City S Storm

Life Prep is 1-6 against Oklahoma City S since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Life Prep Fire's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oklahoma City S Storm at 2:30 p.m. on February 14th. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Friday, Life Prep suffered a rough 75-53 defeat at the hands of Grind Prep. While losing is never fun, Life Prep can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 59th in Kansas, while Grind Prep is ranked sixth in Oklahoma).

The losing side was boosted by Arthur Videira, who scored 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Laterro Young, who scored nine points.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma City S came up short against McLain Science & Tech on Saturday and fell 50-41.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Rylen Sykes, who scored seven points along with five rebounds and four steals. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Corbin Hamilton was another key contributor, scoring eight points.

Life Prep's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Oklahoma City S, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-19.

Life Prep came up short against Oklahoma City S when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 80-69. Thankfully for Life Prep, Mike Quick Jr (who scored 25 points along with six rebounds and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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