The Brookfield Academy Blue Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Brookfield Academy is headed into Saturday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They lost 76-56 to University School of Milwaukee on Monday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Blue Knights came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Wildcats are ranked 270th).
Meanwhile, Lake Country Lutheran had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Everything went their way against the Phoenix as they made off with a 67-47 win. The Lightning have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.
Brookfield Academy better focus on containing Daniel Cleary and Ethan Hans as the pair were huge in Lake Country Lutheran's win. Cleary went 7 of 9 en route to 19 points and seven boards, while Hans went 5 for 7 on his way to 20 points. The dominant performance gave Hans a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Will Sivak, who went 5 for 6 en route to 10 points.
Brookfield Academy's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-3. As for Lake Country Lutheran, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
Brookfield Academy might still be hurting after the 84-58 defeat they got from Lake Country Lutheran in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can Brookfield Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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