Basketball Game Preview: Safford Bulldogs vs. Andrada Polytechnic Mavericks

The Safford Bulldogs will challenge the Andrada Polytechnic Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Last Monday, Safford came up short against Empire and fell 77-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Andrada Polytechnic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They were outmatched by Thatcher and fell 69-21. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 345th, while the Eagles are ranked 143rd).

Safford's defeat dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Andrada Polytechnic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.