Basketball Game Preview: Youngker Roughriders vs. Canyon View Jaguars

The Youngker Roughriders will face off against the Canyon View Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Youngker will face Canyon View after dropping another heartbreaker against Independence on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Youngker fell to Independence 70-66. The loss continues a trend for the Roughriders in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, Canyon View entered their tilt with Paradise Valley on Tuesday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They pulled ahead with a 2-1 photo finish over the Trojans. The two-point effort marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Youngker now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Canyon View, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.