Basketball Game Preview: Union Red Hawks vs. West Catholic Falcons

The Union Red Hawks will head out to challenge the West Catholic Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 12 consecutive losses for Union and six for West Catholic.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-31, which was the final score in Union's tilt against South Christian on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Red Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Sailors are ranked 24th).

Meanwhile, West Catholic had to suffer through a 62-32 loss at the hands of Northview.

West Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Union, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.

Union couldn't quite finish off West Catholic in their previous matchup back in January and fell 60-57. Can Union avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.