The Lake Blue Streaks will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Austintown-Fitch Falcons at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lake is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Canton Central Catholic on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lake came up short against Canton Central Catholic, falling 72-52. While losing is never fun, the Blue Streaks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 366th, while the Crusaders are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Austintown-Fitch came up short against Cardinal Mooney on Friday and fell 62-51. The Falcons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lake will have to contain Ej Giles as he made an impact in Austintown-Fitch's last game. He almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine boards. Giles has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carter Owens, who posted nine points and three steals.
Austintown-Fitch's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-5.
Lake was able to grind out a solid win over Austintown-Fitch in their previous meeting back in February, winning 57-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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