Basketball Game Preview: McMinnville Grizzlies vs. Forest Grove Vikings

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Previous Games

01/24/25 - Home	57-48 W
02/22/24 - Home	63-41 W
01/31/24 - Away	61-41 W
02/25/23 - Away	57-34 W
01/31/23 - Home	50-39 W
+ 5 more games

McMinnville has gone 8-2 against Forest Grove recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The McMinnville Grizzlies will head out to square off against the Forest Grove Vikings at 7:15 p.m. McMinnville will be looking to extend their current 12-game winning streak.

Last Friday, McMinnville didn't have too much trouble with Newberg as they won 62-45. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Tigers are ranked 117th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Forest Grove was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Glencoe 63-18. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.

McMinnville's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.1 points over those games. As for Forest Grove, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-8.

McMinnville was able to grind out a solid victory over Forest Grove in their previous meeting back in January, winning 57-48. The rematch might be a little tougher for McMinnville since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.