Basketball Game Preview: North Park Wildcats vs. Caprock Academy Eagles

Having just played yesterday, the North Park Wildcats will get right back to it and host the Caprock Academy Eagles at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Park will be strutting in after a victory while Caprock Academy will be coming in after a loss.

It was a proper cat-fight when North Park faced off against Hayden on Friday. North Park came out on top against Hayden by a score of 47-37. The Wildcats have beaten the Tigers the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Tigers has come to flipping the script.

Meanwhile, Caprock Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Ridgway on Tuesday and fell 51-49.

North Park will need to focus on slowing down Tristin Bird, one of several Caprock Academy players who made an impact when they last played. He went 5 for 11 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Bird a new career-high in blocks (two). Another player making a difference was Ethan Holt, who went 5 of 11 en route to 16 points.

Caprock Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.7 points over those games. As for North Park, the win was their first at home , bumping their record up to 8-6.

North Park beat Caprock Academy 46-35 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will North Park repeat their success, or does Caprock Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.