Luther Prep is 2-8 against Lake Mills since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Luther Prep Phoenix will square off against the Lake Mills L-Cats. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Luther Prep beats Lake Mills with 63 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Luther Prep beat East Troy on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 63-44. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Phoenix.
Meanwhile, Lake Mills came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 65-56 win over the Warriors. Given the L-Cats' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Warriors are ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Luther Prep's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-13. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points over those games. As for Lake Mills, their record is now 20-5.
Luther Prep was dealt a bruising 76-48 loss at the hands of Lake Mills when the teams last played back in February. Can Luther Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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