The Lakeside Rams will head out on the road to take on the Nashville Scrappers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Nashville will be up against a hot Lakeside team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Lakeside blew past El Dorado 57-28 on Friday. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Wildcats are ranked 167th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton Futch continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 13 of 19 on her way to 30 points along with eight boards and seven steals. That makes it nine consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Lakeside's points. Mckenzie Williams was another key player, putting up nine points and five steals.
Meanwhile, Nashville came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 49-11 victory over the Panthers. The Scrappers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.
Nashville is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32 points. As for Lakeside, their win bumped their record up to 11-6.
Lakeside might still be hurting after the 59-38 loss they got from Nashville when the teams last played back in December of 2021. Can Lakeside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
