The Prairie View Thunderhawks and the Lakewood Tigers will face off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Prairie View is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Prairie View saw some tournament action on Friday. They were beaten by Columbine 103-27. While losing is never fun, the Thunderhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Rebels are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakewood). They really took it to Montbello for the full four quarters, racking up a 69-32 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-9.
Prairie View better keep an eye on DJ Parrish. She was instrumental in Lakewood's win, going 10 for 15 on her way to 29 points and eight steals. Parrish is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Bane, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine assists.
Lakewood's win bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Prairie View, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Prairie View and Lakewood were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, but Prairie View came up empty-handed after a 40-39 defeat. Can Prairie View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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