Basketball Game Preview: Central Trail Blazers vs. Heritage Hawks

Central has won seven straight games at home, while Heritage has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Central Trail Blazers will welcome the Heritage Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Osborn, posting an 89-43 victory. While the Trail Blazers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Meanwhile, Heritage took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 87-35 win over Alpena. That 52 point margin sets a new team best for the Hawks this season.

Central is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.