Basketball Game Preview: Rudder Rangers vs. Huntsville Hornets

The Rudder Rangers will challenge the Huntsville Hornets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

On Friday, Rudder ended up a good deal behind Montgomery and lost 54-39. The Rangers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Huntsville waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 71-68 win over the Tigers. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Tigers are ranked 506th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Rudder's defeat dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Huntsville, the victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 13-5.

Rudder suffered a grim 76-50 defeat to Huntsville when the teams last played back in November of 2019. Can Rudder avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.