Basketball Game Preview: Del Norte Knights vs. Valley Vikings

Del Norte is on a six-game streak of home losses, Valley an eight-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Del Norte Knights will welcome the Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Thursday, Del Norte ended up a good deal behind Albuquerque Academy and lost 62-45. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Chargers are ranked 17th).

Meanwhile, Valley played a tough contest on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 52-24 loss at the hands of Rio Grande.

Del Norte's loss dropped their record down to 8-16. As for Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-18.

Everything went Del Norte's way against Valley in their previous meeting back in January, as Del Norte made off with a 59-33 victory. Does Del Norte have another victory up their sleeve, or will Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.