The La Salle Lancers will challenge the Hughes BIG RED at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
La Salle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 60 points last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Archbishop Moeller last Friday. They came up short against the Fighting Crusaders, falling 51-26. The Lancers haven't had much luck with the Fighting Crusaders recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Hughes had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Western Brown 69-27. Given the BIG RED's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Broncos are ranked 655th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hughes is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points over those games. La Salle's loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
La Salle strolled past Hughes in their previous matchup back in January of 2016 by a score of 64-47. Will La Salle repeat their success, or does Hughes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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