The Shorewood Stormrays are taking a road trip to square off against the Lynnwood Royals at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Shorewood will be strutting in after a win while Lynnwood will be coming in after a loss.
Shorewood will bounce into Friday's game after beating Mountlake Terrace, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Shorewood came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountlake Terrace on Tuesday, sneaking past 44-41.
Meanwhile, Lynnwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell 51-43 to Meadowdale. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 271st, while the Mavericks are ranked 135th).
Shorewood has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.9 points per game. As for Lynnwood, their loss dropped their record down to 4-15.
Everything went Shorewood's way against Lynnwood when the teams last played on January 3rd, as Shorewood made off with a 69-44 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shorewood since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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