Northwestern is 2-7 against West Lafayette since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Northwestern Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the West Lafayette Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blackford typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Northwestern proved too difficult a challenge. They snuck past the Bruins with a 69-63 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Meanwhile, West Lafayette waltzed into their contest on Saturday with four straight wins but they left with five. Everything went their way against Tri-County as West Lafayette made off with a 65-44 victory. Given West Lafayette's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Tri-County is ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northwestern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for West Lafayette, their victory bumped their record up to 14-6.
Northwestern came up short against West Lafayette when the teams last played back in March of 2020, falling 64-52. Can Northwestern avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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