Basketball Game Preview: Helena Bengals vs. Big Sky Eagles

The Helena Bengals will head out to challenge the Big Sky Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Helena knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Big Sky likes a good challenge.

Last Tuesday, everything went Helena's way against Butte as Helena made off with a 76-51 win.

Meanwhile, Big Sky was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 50-49 to Capital. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Big Sky's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Helena, they pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.

Helena strolled past Big Sky in their previous meeting on February 1st by a score of 60-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Helena since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.