Basketball Game Preview: Athens Warriors vs. Prairie Central Hawks

The Athens Warriors and the Prairie Central Hawks will face off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Athens and ten for Prairie Central.

Athens came up into this matchup off a tough 29-point loss on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Maroa-Forsyth by a score of 58-56 on Friday.

Meanwhile, Prairie Central ended up a good deal behind Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Friday and lost 58-44.

Prairie Central's defeat dropped their record down to 6-19. As for Athens, their loss dropped their record down to 12-14.