Basketball Game Preview: Cass Lake-Bena Panthers vs. Pine River-Backus Tigers

Cass Lake-Bena has gone 9-1 against Pine River-Backus recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Panthers take on the Tigers at 1:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Last Tuesday, Cass Lake-Bena humbled Kelliher/Northome with a 110-83 victory. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 26 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Pine River-Backus was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Laporte 60-30.

Cass Lake-Bena is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 45.3 points. As for Pine River-Backus, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-10.

Cass Lake-Bena and Pine River-Backus were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January, but Cass Lake-Bena came up empty-handed after a 70-69 loss. Will Cass Lake-Bena have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.