The Mansfield Legacy Broncos will square off against the Lake Ridge Eagles at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Mansfield Legacy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Lake Ridge will come in with ten straight victories.
On Tuesday, Mansfield Legacy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 63-58 to Crowley. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 447th, while the Eagles are ranked 61st).
Meanwhile, Lake Ridge earned a 75-65 win over Weatherford on Tuesday.
Lake Ridge is also on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-2 record this season. As for Mansfield Legacy, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-21.
Mansfield Legacy lost to Lake Ridge at home by a decisive 60-41 margin when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Ridge's Eze Nwakamma, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Now that Mansfield Legacy 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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