The Mentor Cardinals entered their tilt with the Lake Blue Streaks with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Mentor strolled past Lake with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 91-76. Given Mentor's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while Lake is ranked 398th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ian Ioppolo continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 24 points and nine rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Biddell, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and six assists.
Mentor has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Lake, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.
Mentor will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Chardon at 7:00 p.m. Mentor is coming into the game with 12 straight victories at home, so Chardon will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Lake, they will head out on the road to square off against Brush at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Brush is coming into the game with four straight losses at home, meaning Lake will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory.
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