Basketball Preview: Carrollton Trojans vs. Richmond Spartans
The Carrollton Trojans will start their season against the Richmond Spartans. Tip off is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Richmond is headed out to face Carrollton after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Richmond came out on top in a nail-biter against Oak Grove on Monday, sneaking past 69-66. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Spartans have posted against the Panthers since December 1, 2015.
Richmond's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-0. As for Carrollton, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they finished on the wrong side of .500 (9-16), but they'll be hoping to turn things around this year.
Carrollton suffered a grim 72-47 defeat to Richmond in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Richmond's Gabriel Johnson, who almost dropped a double-double on 33 points and nine rebounds. Now that Carrollton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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