Basketball Game Preview: Oconto Blue Devils vs. Southern Door Eagles

Oconto hasn't had much luck against Southern Door recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Oconto Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Southern Door Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Oconto is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.

On Monday, everything went Oconto's way against Sevastopol as Oconto made off with a 73-49 win. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Pioneers are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Southern Door didn't have too much trouble with Kewaunee on Friday as they won 85-71. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Storm: they've now won six in a row.

Southern Door's win bumped their record up to 17-3. As for Oconto, they pushed their record up to 15-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.

Oconto lost to Southern Door on the road by a decisive 81-64 margin in their previous meeting back in January. Can Oconto avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.