Luther Prep is 0-4 against Heritage Christian since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Luther Prep Phoenix will be playing at home against the Heritage Christian Patriots at 7:15 p.m. Luther Prep will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Last Saturday, everything went Luther Prep's way against Kingdom Prep Lutheran as Luther Prep made off with a 64-39 win. Given Luther Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while Kingdom Prep Lutheran is ranked 324th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Heritage Christian pushed their score all the way to 72 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were beaten by Milwaukee Lutheran 106-72. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (66), Heritage Christian still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Heritage Christian got some senior leadership from Alex Trotter and Desmond Jones. Trotter scored 21 points along with eight rebounds, while Jones. dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. It was the first time this season that Trotter pulled down eight or more rebounds. Adrian Moran was another key contributor, scoring nine points.
Luther Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Heritage Christian, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-5.
Luther Prep was taken down by Heritage Christian 81-53 when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Heritage Christian's Mike Bowen Jr., who scored 17 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Now that Luther Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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