The Omak Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Lakeside Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Omak pushed their score all the way to 71 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 72-71 to Quincy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (65), Omak still had to take the loss.
Lakeside won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They were the victim of a tough 58-36 defeat at the hands of Freeman. While losing is never fun, Lakeside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while Freeman is ranked 38th).
Omak's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-8. As for Lakeside, their loss dropped their record down to 10-13.
Omak came up short against Lakeside in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 58-52. Can Omak avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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