Basketball Game Preview: Wakefield Trojans vs. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears

Wakefield and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Wakefield Trojans will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears at 6:00 p.m.

Wakefield is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Homer on Monday. Wakefield fell 44-31 to Homer. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Knights are ranked 39th).

Meanwhile, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge really took it to Lutheran-Northeast for the full four quarters, racking up a 70-32 win. With the Bears ahead 33-13 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Wakefield, they dropped their record down to 3-13 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Wakefield came up short against Laurel-Concord-Coleridge when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 44-36. Will Wakefield 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.