Basketball Game Preview: Western Wildcats vs. Southridge Spartans

The Western Wildcats will face off against the Southridge Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Western is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.

Last Thursday, Western escaped with a win against Cypress Bay by the margin of a single free throw, 52-51. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Lightning are ranked 123rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Southridge unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a blow against Belen Jesuit, falling 78-50. The Spartans were down 59-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Western pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.5 points. As for Southridge, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 12-5.