Spooner is on a six-game streak of home losses, and Ladysmith a nine-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Spooner Rails will be playing at home against the Ladysmith Lumberjacks at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Monday, Spooner was beaten by Hayward 96-65. While losing is never fun, the Rails can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 474th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 194th).
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Ladysmith and Northwestern had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Lumberjacks were dealt an 83-56 defeat at the hands of the Tigers on Monday.
Ladysmith's loss dropped their record down to 4-19. As for Spooner, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-22.
Spooner couldn't quite get it done against Ladysmith when the teams last played back in January as they fell 80-70. Will the Rails have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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