Basketball Game Preview: Durant Cougars vs. Rickards Raiders

Having just played yesterday, the Durant Cougars will jump right back in to play the Rickards Raiders at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Durant is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.

Durant's tournament run continued when they took on Lake Howell on Friday. Durant was dealt a 66-34 defeat at the hands of Lake Howell. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 556th, while the Silverhawks are ranked 24th).

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Rickards' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 62-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of Victory Christian Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (55), the Raiders still had to take the loss.

Durant's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Rickards, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.