Basketball Game Preview: Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat vs. Little River Redskins

The Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat will face off against the Little River Redskins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] took a loss when they played away from home back in December of 2024, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Centre by a score of 39-31. The game marked the Heat's most dominant victory of the season so far.

Meanwhile, Little River put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Goessel 73-9. The Redskins have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 28 points or more this season.

Little River pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.7 points per game. As for Rural Vista [Hope/White City], their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-4.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] was dealt a bruising 71-20 defeat at the hands of Little River in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rural Vista [Hope/White City] was down 40-7.