Basketball Game Preview: Hicksville Comets vs. Freeport Red Devils

The Hicksville Comets will start their season against the Freeport Red Devils. Tip off is scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Freeport is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Hempstead just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell to the Tigers 67-61.

Freeport's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-2.

As for Hicksville, they've got a clean slate this season. Last year, they finished 1-19.

Hicksville came up short against Freeport when the teams last played back in February, falling 53-47. Can Hicksville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.