Lake View lost against Highland Park back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Lake View Wildcats took a 53-38 bruising from the Highland Park Giants. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 451st, while the Giants are ranked 150th).
Scottie Hightower
| 01/18/25 @ Highland Park | 12 |
| 12/28/24 @ Elgin | 11 |
| 12/23/24 vs Plainfield Central | 10 |
| 12/26/24 vs West Chicago | 9 |
| 01/07/25 @ Von Steuben | 8 |
Lake View lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Scottie Hightower, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points. The dominant performance gave Hightower a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Betancourt, who went 7 for 13 en route to 14 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake View and nudges their season record down to 8-8. As for Highland Park, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-6.
Lake View wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 51-48 victory against Prosser on the 21st. As for Highland Park, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Maine East at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Highland Park's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Maine East has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
