The Leon Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Lincoln Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Leon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.6 points per game this season.
On Friday, Leon beat Chiles 63-55. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Leon's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aaron Pensel led the charge by dropping a double-double on 19 points and 14 rebounds. The contest was Pensel's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Graham Roe, who went 6 for 13 en route to 18 points plus three steals.
Meanwhile, Lincoln came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Raiders by a score of 74-64.
Lincoln pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points per game. As for Leon, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Leon was dealt a bruising 74-41 defeat at the hands of Lincoln in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lincoln's Malakhi Lowe, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Leon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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