Basketball Game Preview: Pike Liberal Arts Patriots vs. Northside Methodist Academy Knights

The Pike Liberal Arts Patriots will head out to take on the Northside Methodist Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Pike Liberal Arts is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

Last Thursday, Pike Liberal Arts came up short against Headland and fell 50-38.

Meanwhile, Northside Methodist Academy ended up a good deal behind Slocomb on Friday and lost 63-48. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 382nd, while the Red Tops are ranked 169th).

Pike Liberal Arts' defeat dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Northside Methodist Academy, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-17.

Pike Liberal Arts opened the new year with a less-than-successful 55-48 defeat to Northside Methodist Academy. Can Pike Liberal Arts avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.