It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Columbus can now relate to. They came up short against the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning on Friday, falling 78-58. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Lightning are ranked 68th).
Lake Country Lutheran found their leader in sophomore Ethan Hans, who shot 56% from the field en route to 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Poellot, who posted 15 points.
Cardinals
| 03/07/25 vs Lake Country Lutheran | 58-78 |
| 03/04/25 vs Mayville | 65-51 |
| 03/03/25 vs Mayville | 65-51 |
| 02/27/25 @ Poynette | 61-50 |
| 02/21/25 vs Lake Mills | 60-84 |
The defeat snapped Columbus' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 10-15 record. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.7 points over those games. As for Lake Country Lutheran, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season.
As of now, neither Columbus nor Lake Country Lutheran have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
