Suring and Lena are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2020, but not for long. The Suring Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Lena Wildcats at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Suring is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Gillett on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Suring came up short against Gillett, falling 52-27. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while the Tigers are ranked 113th).
Meanwhile, Lena hadn't done well against Coleman recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Lena skirted past Coleman 39-36. The 39-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The win (which was Lena's third in a row) raised their record to 9-2. As for Suring, they dropped their record down to 4-5 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.
Suring was taken down by Lena 77-47 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Suring avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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