Basketball Game Preview: Mill Creek Hawks vs. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles

It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Mill Creek Hawks duke it out with the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday... Mill Creek is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.

While Mill Creek didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Discovery with a 41-37 victory on Thursday. The 41-point effort marked the Hawks' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Charlotte Christian by a score of 53-41 on Friday.

Mill Creek's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-7.