The Bear Creek Bears will challenge the Lakewood Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Bear Creek and 16 for Lakewood dating back to last season.
Bear Creek is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Valor Christian on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bear Creek was dealt a 60-27 loss at the hands of Valor Christian. The contest marked the Bears' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lakewood ended up a good deal behind Columbine on Wednesday and lost 69-53. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 248th, while the Rebels are ranked 79th).
Bear Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-15.
Everything went Bear Creek's way against Lakewood in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as Bear Creek made off with a 54-32 win. Will Bear Creek repeat their success, or does Lakewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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