Lake Ridge is 4-0 against Crowley since December of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lake Ridge Eagles will be playing at home against the Crowley Eagles at 8:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Lake Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: North Crowley, who was ranked 17th at the time (Lake Ridge was ranked fourth). Lake Ridge came out on top against North Crowley by a score of 59-52 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
| 01/03/25 @ North Crowley | 18 |
| 12/31/24 @ Mansfield | 22 |
| 12/28/24 @ Allen | 15 |
Lake Ridge's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Eze Nwakamma, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. Nwakamma's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Shaqir Pack was another key player, going 5 of 8 on his way to 14 points along with eight assists and three steals.
Meanwhile, Crowley came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Tigers 79-60.
Crowley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.9 points per game. As for Lake Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 22-2.
Everything came up roses for Lake Ridge against Crowley when the teams last played back in December of 2022, as the team secured a 67-37 victory. Does Lake Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crowley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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