Basketball Game Preview: Rifle Bears vs. Coal Ridge Titans

Rifle is 1-9 against Coal Ridge since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rifle Bears will square off against the Coal Ridge Titans at 5:30 p.m.

Rifle is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 60-49 to Eagle Valley on Tuesday. The Bears' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.

Meanwhile, Coal Ridge strolled past Basalt with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 41-22.

Coal Ridge pushed their record up to 8-10 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.6 points over those games. As for Rifle, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-17.

Rifle couldn't quite finish off Coal Ridge in their previous meeting back in January and fell 29-26. Can Rifle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.