The Lakewood Rangers will challenge the Normandy Invaders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lakewood will head into Wednesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 24) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cleveland Heights, sneaking past 50-48. The win was all the more spectacular given the Rangers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 388th, while the Tigers are ranked 166th).
Meanwhile, Normandy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They really took it to the Mustangs for the full four quarters, racking up a 65-31 victory. The Invaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 23 points or more this season.
Lakewood's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-10. As for Normandy, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Lakewood came up short against Normandy when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 44-40. Can Lakewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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