KENOSHA, Wis. – The No. 24 Grand Valley State Lakers look to sweep the road weekend of GLIAC action as they travel to face the Parkside Rangers Saturday (Dec. 11) at 4 PM ET/3 CT. The game can be heard on 1340 AM The Ticket West Michigan and
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The Lakers beat Purdue Northwest Thursday (Dec. 9) to improve to 7-1 on the season and 2-1 in GLIAC play.
Christian Negron scored a season-high 21 points and swatted three shots to give him 20 blocks on the season.
Jake Van Tubbergen recorded his seventh double-double in eight games, including a season-high 14 rebounds against a physical Pride team.
Parkside is 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the conference after a win over Davenport Thursday night, their first home win in four chances this season. Parkside scores and allows points in the low-70s and their rebound margin is +3.2.
Tray Croft is back after missing the 2021 season to lead the Rangers with 18.5 points per game, 5.3 boards, 25 assists and 16 steals. He's 27-for-28 from the foul line and has connected on 19 threes this season. Jamir Simpson and Vinson Sigmon Jr. both also average double figures in scoring while Simpson leads the Rangers with just under seven rebounds per game.
The Lakers look to end the 2021 portion of the GLIAC season with a win and sweep the first road weekend of conference action this campaign. Follow gvsulakers.com and @GVSUBasketball on Twitter for updates and live coverage links.