The Bear Creek Bears will challenge the Lakewood Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Bear Creek came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They were beaten by Valor Christian 68-35. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Eagles are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Lakewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 23rd straight loss dating back to last season. They took a blow against Columbine, falling 90-47.
Bear Creek has traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. Lakewood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-22.
Bear Creek was able to grind out a solid win over Lakewood in their previous meeting on February 1st, winning 63-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bear Creek 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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