The Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southwestern Spartans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Thursday, Cambridge City Lincoln was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 43-37 to Blue River Valley. Cambridge City Lincoln has not had much luck with Blue River Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, this season hasn't been kind to Southwestern, who are still winless after their 19th contest. They took a serious blow against Jac-Cen-Del last Friday, falling 77-22. While losing is never fun, Southwestern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while Jac-Cen-Del is ranked 102nd).
Cambridge City Lincoln bumped their record down to 3-14 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 25.5 points per game. As for Southwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 0-19.
