Basketball Game Preview: Colony Knights vs. Heritage Christian Warriors

The Colony Knights will square off against the Heritage Christian Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Colony is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Monroe Catholic, who was ranked sixth at the time (Colony was ranked 19th). Colony fell 47-40 to Monroe Catholic on Saturday. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Heritage Christian had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 72-33 win over the Defenders. The Warriors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 games by 22 points or more this season.

Colony's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Heritage Christian, they pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.