Basketball Game Preview: Urban Blues vs. Lick-Wilmerding Tigers

Urban is 0-10 against Lick-Wilmerding since February of 2020 but things could change on Tuesday. The Urban Blues will head out on the road to challenge the Lick-Wilmerding Tigers at 5:30 p.m.

Last Saturday, Urban was beaten by University 74-24. While losing is never fun, the Blues can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 488th, while the Red Devils are ranked 166th).

Meanwhile, Lick-Wilmerding escaped with a win on Saturday against Dublin by the margin of a single free throw, 39-38.

Urban better keep an eye on Hailey Moy. She was instrumental in Lick-Wilmerding's win, putting up 16 points.

Lick-Wilmerding is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.1 points per game. As for Urban, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-6.

Urban took a serious blow against Lick-Wilmerding in their previous matchup on January 10th, falling 65-30. Can Urban avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.