Basketball Game Preview: Cathedral City Lions vs. Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Cardinals

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Cathedral City Lions challenge the Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Cardinals at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday... Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Cathedral City's tournament run continued when they took on Rancho Mirage on Thursday. Cathedral City was dealt a 102-17 defeat at the hands of Rancho Mirage. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1276th, while the Rattlers are ranked 317th).

Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a hard 56-41 fall against Rancho Mirage on Friday.

Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary's loss dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Cathedral City, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.