The Leonardtown Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Westlake Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Leonardtown comes in on four and Westlake on seven.
Leonardtown only won by two when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 20-point they dealt Calvert on Wednesday. Leonardtown blew past Calvert 68-48. Given Leonardtown's advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Calvert is ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though North Point scored an imposing 60 points on Friday, Westlake still came out on top. Westlake managed a 65-60 win over North Point.
Ethan Relf was nothing short of spectacular: he scored 16 points. It was the first time this season that he scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Darian Canty, who scored 12 points along with two steals.
Leonardtown has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Westlake, they pushed their record up to 12-9 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Leonardtown didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Westlake in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 67-62 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Westlake's Jackson Prince, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for Leonardtown to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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