Basketball Game Preview: Anna Rockets vs. Greenon Knights

The Anna Rockets will face off against the Greenon Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Anna is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Fort Loramie just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 45-30 bruising from the Redskins. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 184th, while the Redskins are ranked 37th).

Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Greenon ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They snuck past Arcanum with a 65-61 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Knights sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Greenon is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.7 points per game. As for Anna, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.

Anna took their win against Greenon in their previous meeting back in February of 2019 by a conclusive 52-26. Does Anna have another victory up their sleeve, or will Greenon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.