Lovejoy hasn't had much luck against Langston Hughes recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Wildcats challenge the Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Lovejoy was able to grind out a solid victory over Banneker, taking the game 51-41. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Langston Hughes had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They blew past the Cougars 75-43. The Panthers pushed the score to 51-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars had little chance of recovering from.
Langston Hughes' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-8. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.2 points. As for Lovejoy, their victory bumped their record up to 11-15.
Lovejoy was taken down by Langston Hughes 65-35 in their previous matchup back in January. Can Lovejoy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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