The Lutcher Bulldogs and the East Ascension Spartans will round out the year against one another at at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lutcher has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight defeats, while East Ascension will come in with seven straight wins.
Last Monday, Lutcher came up short against St. Augustine and fell 61-50. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Purple Knights are ranked 19th).
While East Ascension didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. The stars were shining brightly for them in a 62-44 victory over Destrehan on Monday.
Lutcher's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for East Ascension, their win bumped their record up to 7-0.
Lutcher was able to grind out a solid victory over East Ascension in their previous matchup back in November of 2014, winning 66-58. Does Lutcher have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Ascension turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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