Basketball Game Preview: Harbor Beach Pirates vs. Laker Lakers

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Previous Games

12/06/24 - Away	72-32 W
02/28/24 - Home	43-31 W
02/01/24 - Away	43-31 W
12/13/23 - Home	57-26 W
01/04/23 - Away	53-64 L
+ 5 more games

Harbor Beach and Laker are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but not for long. The Harbor Beach Pirates will face off against the Laker Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Harbor Beach is coming into the game hot, having won their last 15 games.

Harbor Beach saw some tournament action on Wednesday. They walked away with a 56-49 victory over Cass City. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd in Michigan, while the Red Hawks are ranked 322nd in Michigan), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Laker had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They strolled past the Hatchets with points to spare, taking the game 62-43.

Laker's win bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Harbor Beach, their victory bumped their record up to 21-1.

Everything came up roses for Harbor Beach against Laker when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the team secured a 72-32 win. Will Harbor Beach repeat their success, or does Laker have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.