Basketball Game Preview: Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos vs. Freeman Scotties

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos will venture away from home to face off against the Freeman Scotties at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight defeats, while Freeman will come in with eight straight victories.

Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna lost 67-42 to Colfax on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 16th).

Meanwhile, Freeman narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past West Valley 47-44. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Scotties were down 31-17 in the second quarter.

Freeman pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.