Having just played yesterday, the Lakewood Rangers will jump right back in to play the Ryle Raiders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Lakewood managed to keep up with Newark until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Lakewood was dealt a 65-35 defeat at the hands of Newark. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Ryle came up short against Perrysburg on Friday and fell 56-46. The Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lakewood has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for Ryle, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
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