Messmer lost against Lake Country Lutheran back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Messmer Bishops took a 79-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning. While losing is never fun, the Bishops can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Lightning are ranked 97th).
Daniel Cleary was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 15 rebounds for Lake Country Lutheran. Those 26 points gave Cleary a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Burow, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 16 points and seven boards.
Messmer's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5. As for Lake Country Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Messmer has already played their next game (against Milwaukee Riverside), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lake Country Lutheran will take on Luther Prep at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Lake Country Lutheran knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 contests -- so hopefully Luther Prep likes a good challenge.
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