The Link Academy Lions will venture away from home to take on the Conway Wampus Cats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Link Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They slipped by Lift for Life Academy 61-60 on Sunday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Hawks are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Conway waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with 12 straight wins... but they left with 13. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Panthers 70-27. The Wampus Cats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.
Conway's win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-1. As for Link Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7.
Link Academy came up short against Conway when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 73-62. Can Link Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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