The Lake Blue Streaks are taking a road trip to take on the Hoover Vikings at 6:45 p.m. on Friday.
Last Saturday, Lake ended up a good deal behind Austintown-Fitch and lost 38-23. The game marked the Blue Streaks' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hoover didn't have too much trouble with Walsh Jesuit on Saturday as they won 58-42. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Warriors are ranked 659th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hoover is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Lake, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.
Things could have been worse for Lake, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 60-45 loss to Hoover when the teams last played back in February. Can Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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