Basketball Game Preview: Minico Spartans vs. Twin Falls Bruins

Minico is on a three-game streak of home losses, Twin Falls a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Minico Spartans will host the Twin Falls Bruins at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 56-22, which was the final score in Minico's tilt against Jerome on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Tigers are ranked 24th).

Meanwhile, Twin Falls came up short against Burley on Friday and fell 61-48.

Twin Falls' loss dropped their record down to 3-14. As for Minico, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.

Minico might still be hurting after the 53-27 loss they got from Twin Falls when the teams last played on January 10th. Will Minico have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.