Basketball Game Preview: North Mac Panthers vs. Bunker Hill Minutemen

North Mac is on a six-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Bunker Hill a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The North Mac Panthers will welcome the Bunker Hill Minutemen 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'.

North Mac came up into this matchup off a tough 23-point loss last Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Riverton by a score of 44-42 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Panthers have suffered since January 4th.

Meanwhile, Bunker Hill played a tough matchup on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Riverton, falling 49-24. The Minutemen were down 39-16 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Bunker Hill's loss dropped their record down to 2-10. As for North Mac, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-9.

North Mac didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Bunker Hill when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 40-36 victory. Will North Mac repeat their success, or does Bunker Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.