Lakewood is 1-9 against Arvada West since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Lakewood Tigers duke it out with the Arvada West Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Lakewood is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 18th straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 90-30 loss at the hands of Ralston Valley. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Mustangs are ranked second).
Meanwhile, Arvada West lost to Valor Christian at home by a 59-44 margin on Thursday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Lakewood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-17. As for Arvada West, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-5.
Lakewood was dealt a bruising 70-29 defeat at the hands of Arvada West in their previous matchup back in January. Can Lakewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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