Basketball Preview: Wylie East Raiders vs. Lake Ridge Eagles
The Wylie East Raiders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lake Ridge Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wylie East is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Lake Highlands on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Wylie East came up short against Lake Highlands, falling 84-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (59), the Raiders still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Lake Ridge put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Mansfield Timberview by a score of 69-62.
Lake Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Eze Nwakamma out in front who went 5 for 8 en route to 16 points plus five rebounds and three steals. Nwakamma is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Shaqir Pack, who went 7 for 16 en route to 18 points plus eight rebounds and two steals.
Wylie East's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lake Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
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