Basketball Game Preview: Columbia Montour Vo-Tech Rams vs. Benton Tigers

The Columbia Montour Vo-Tech Rams will square off against the Benton Tigers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Columbia Montour Vo-Tech is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Shenandoah Valley on Wednesday. Columbia Montour Vo-Tech took a 54-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of Shenandoah Valley. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Benton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 16th straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 64-32 loss at the hands of Northwest Area. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 749th, while the Rangers are ranked 205th).

Columbia Montour Vo-Tech's defeat dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Benton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.

Columbia Montour Vo-Tech strolled past Benton when the teams last played back in January by a score of 39-25. Will Columbia Montour Vo-Tech repeat their success, or does Benton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.