After both having extra time off, the Lake View Wildcats and the North Grand Eagle Owls will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Lake View was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 55-49 to Senn.
Despite the loss, Lake View got top-tier performance from Jada Marrero, who posted 25 points. That was a full 51% of Lake View's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Xochilt Rosales, who earned 11 points.
Meanwhile, North Grand was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 30-26 heartbreaker at the hands of Von Steuben.
Lake View will have to keep a close watch on Milagros Bolanos and Adriana Nelson, a pair of players who had a big impact on North Grand's prior game. Bolanos scored 11 points and six steals, while Nelson put up two points and eight rebounds. Bolanos is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
North Grand's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Lake View, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Everything came up roses for Lake View against North Grand when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 52-11 victory. In that game, Lake View amassed a halftime lead of 29-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Wednesday.
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