West Lafayette is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Northwestern is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The West Lafayette Red Devils will take on the Northwestern Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Saturday, everything went West Lafayette's way against Tri-County as West Lafayette made off with a 65-44 victory. Given West Lafayette's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Tri-County is ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Northwestern beat Blackford 69-63 on Tuesday.
West Lafayette has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Northwestern, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
West Lafayette beat Northwestern 64-52 in their previous matchup back in March of 2020. Will West Lafayette repeat their success, or does Northwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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