The Lake Hamilton Wolves will face off against the Lakeside Rams at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Lake Hamilton took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Hot Springs, posting a 61-21 victory. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Trojans are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lakeside waltzed into their game on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They blew past the Zebras 62-26. The Rams have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 20 points or more this season.
Lake Hamilton better focus on containing Mckenzie Williams and Payton Futch as the pair were huge in Lakeside's win. Williams posted 20 points and three steals, while Futch put up 15 points along with seven boards and four steals. The contest was Futch's 11th in a row with at least 15 points.
Lake Hamilton has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38 points. As for Lakeside, their win bumped their record up to 17-7.
Lake Hamilton came up short against Lakeside in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 49-40. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Futch, who went 7 of 17 to rack up 20 points in addition to eight rebounds and six steals. Now that Lake Hamilton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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