The Lakewood Lancers will head out to take on the Millikan Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lakewood is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Lakewood lost to Long Beach Poly on the road by a 66-50 margin. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Jackrabbits are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Millikan didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Woodrow Wilson on Friday, but they still walked away with a 67-63 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rams.
Lakewood better focus on containing Tariq Bridges and Joseph Wicker as the pair were huge in Millikan's win. Bridges dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Wicker went 8 for 12 en route to 22 points. Those 11 boards gave Bridges a new career-high. Jeremiah Hunt was another key player, putting up ten points and seven rebounds.
Lakewood's loss dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Millikan, their victory bumped their record up to 14-10.
Lakewood and Millikan were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting on January 8th, but Lakewood came up empty-handed after a 77-76 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bridges, who went 6 of 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 34 points. Now that Lakewood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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