The Lake Ridge Eagles will take on the University Trojans in a holiday battle at at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Lake Ridge sitting on four straight victories and University on 13.
If Lake Ridge beats University with 69 points on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Lake Ridge strolled past South Grand Prairie with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 69-54. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Warriors are ranked 146th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 12/13/24 @ South Grand Prairie | 14 |
| 12/10/24 vs Ryan | 5 |
| 12/07/24 vs Mansfield Summit | 10 |
| 12/06/24 vs Amarillo | 11 |
| 12/06/24 vs Lancaster | 8 |
Eze Nwakamma continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 14 boards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Dasean Johnson, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 14 points.
Meanwhile, University didn't have too much trouble with Richland on Saturday as they won 65-51.
University's win bumped their record up to 14-2. As for Lake Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 15-1.
Lake Ridge skirted past University 63-61 in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. Does Lake Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will University turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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