Basketball Game Preview: Westminster Lions vs. Lakeside Lancers

The Westminster Lions will challenge the Lakeside Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Westminster is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52 points per game this season.

Westminster is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Avalon 88-68 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.

Sean Le was his usual excellent self, putting up 60 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keith Nguyen, who posted 15 points.

Meanwhile, Lakeside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were dealt a 69-37 loss at the hands of Temescal Canyon. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 685th, while the Titans are ranked 285th).

Westminster will have to contain Maurice Turner as he made an impact in Lakeside's last game. He put up 22 points. Turner's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Westminster's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-6. As for Lakeside, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.

Westminster was able to grind out a solid win over Lakeside when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 69-61. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Lakeside's Andre Dorseau, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 20 points and eight assists. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for Westminster to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.