Basketball Game Preview: Mountain Brook Spartans vs. Somerset Academy Panthers

The Mountain Brook Spartans will take on the Somerset Academy Panthers in a tournament on Monday. Mountain Brook will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

Mountain Brook picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They took down Indian Hill 62-43. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 15th in Alabama, while the Braves are ranked 430th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, the third road matchup was the charm for Somerset Academy, as they earned their first road win of the season. They walked away with a 45-38 victory over Eastside on Saturday. The 45-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Somerset Academy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Mountain Brook, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.