Basketball Game Preview: Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars vs. Lourdes Eagles

The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Lourdes Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Zumbrota-Mazeppa has four straight wins, Lourdes has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Triton with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 68-52. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Meanwhile, Lourdes lost 68-46 to Lake City on Tuesday.

Lourdes' defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Zumbrota-Mazeppa, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-3.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa took their victory against Lourdes in their previous meeting back in February by a conclusive 62-41. Does Zumbrota-Mazeppa have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lourdes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.