The Bloomington Purple Raiders will square off against the Lake Park Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Bloomington is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 78-48 loss at the hands of Plainfield North. While losing is never fun, the Purple Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 524th, while the Tigers are ranked 207th).
Meanwhile, Lake Park took a blow against Moline on Friday, falling 71-44.
Lake Park has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season. As for Bloomington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Bloomington took a serious blow against Lake Park in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 64-30. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bloomington was down 35-14.
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