Basketball Game Preview: Western Branch Bruins vs. Lakeland Cavaliers

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Previous Games

12/20/24 - Away	63-65 L
12/15/23 - Home	76-36 W
01/31/23 - Home	66-49 W
02/01/22 - Away	54-39 W
12/16/21 - Neutral	60-48 W
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Western Branch is 9-1 against Lakeland since November of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Western Branch Bruins will be playing at home against the Lakeland Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, Western Branch came up short against Nansemond River and fell 64-53. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Warriors are ranked 50th).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakeland). They enjoyed a cozy 99-82 victory over Grassfield on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Western Branch now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Lakeland, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-12.

Western Branch couldn't quite finish off Lakeland in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 and fell 65-63. Will Western Branch have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.