The Harvard-Westlake Wolverines will head out on the road to challenge the Louisville Royals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Harvard-Westlake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Sierra Canyon, who was ranked third at the time (Harvard-Westlake was ranked 13th). Harvard-Westlake was dealt a 72-38 defeat at the hands of Sierra Canyon on Wednesday. The Wolverines haven't had much luck with the Trailblazers recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Louisville). They strolled past Marlborough with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 76-62.
Louisville's win bumped their record up to 9-10. As for Harvard-Westlake, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 18-5.
Harvard-Westlake strolled past Louisville in their previous meeting on January 15th by a score of 65-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harvard-Westlake 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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