Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Coyotes vs. Centennial Titans

The Heritage Coyotes will take on the Centennial Titans at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage will be strutting in after a win while Centennial will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Friday, Heritage didn't have too much trouble with Lebanon Trail as they won 42-23. Given the Coyotes' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Trail Blazers are ranked 961st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Centennial lost to Emerson at home by a 43-25 margin on Friday. The Titans have struggled against the Mavericks recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.

Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 8-20. As for Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-18 record this season.

Heritage was able to grind out a solid victory over Centennial in their previous meeting back in January, winning 56-47. Does Heritage have another victory up their sleeve, or will Centennial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.