The Life Oak Cliff Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Trinity Leadership Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Life Oak Cliff scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Inspired Vision as Life Oak Cliff made off with a 79-53 victory. Given Life Oak Cliff's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 613th, while Inspired Vision is ranked 1411th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Trinity Leadership came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 60 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Village Tech 72-40 on the road. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win Trinity Leadership has posted yet this season.
Life Oak Cliff has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Trinity Leadership, their win bumped their record up to 14-15.
Life Oak Cliff ended up a good deal behind Trinity Leadership in their previous matchup on January 2nd, losing 61-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Trinity Leadership's Austin Lockwood, who scored 22 points. Now that Life Oak Cliff knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.