Prior Lake is 1-9 against Shakopee since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Prior Lake Lakers will take on the Shakopee Sabers at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Prior Lake comes in on three and Shakopee on 15.
Prior Lake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Minnetonka, who was ranked seventh at the time (Prior Lake was ranked sixth). Prior Lake came out on top against Minnetonka by a score of 71-62 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Shakopee made easy work of Chaska on Saturday and carried off an 82-59 win. The Sabers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Shakopee's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-6. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.8 points over those games. As for Prior Lake, their win bumped their record up to 22-7.
Prior Lake came up short against Shakopee in their previous meeting back in January, falling 89-79. Can Prior Lake avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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