Basketball Game Preview: Sanborn Central/Woonsocket Rebels vs. Colman-Egan C-E Hawks

The Sanborn Central/Woonsocket Rebels will square off against the Colman-Egan C-E Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Howard 62-32. The victory was familiar territory for the Rebels, who have now won six matches in a row.

Meanwhile, Colman-Egan came tearing into Tuesday's contest with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.4 points), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Huskies with a sharp 63-40 win. Given the C-E Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Huskies are ranked 96th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Colman-Egan pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.9 points. As for Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, their win bumped their record up to 18-4.

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket came up short against Colman-Egan in their previous matchup back in February of 2021, falling 52-41. Can Sanborn Central/Woonsocket avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.