Basketball Game Preview: Shadle Park Highlanders vs. Moses Lake Mavericks

The Shadle Park Highlanders will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Moses Lake Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.

Last Friday, Shadle Park came up short against Lakeland and fell 67-54. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 249th in Washington, while the Hawks are ranked 70th in Idaho).

Meanwhile, Moses Lake beat Hanford 72-60 on Saturday.

This is the second loss in a row for Shadle Park and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Moses Lake, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.

Shadle Park strolled past Moses Lake in their previous meeting back in January of 2022 by a score of 65-50. Will Shadle Park repeat their success, or does Moses Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.