Basketball Game Preview: Kelso Hilanders vs. Evergreen Plainsmen

The Kelso Hilanders are taking a road trip to take on the Evergreen Plainsmen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kelso is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.

Last Tuesday, Kelso came up short against Mountain View and fell 55-42. While losing is never fun, the Hilanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Thunder are ranked 77th).

Evergreen hasn't had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Mountain View 58-56. That's two games straight that the Plainsmen have won by exactly two points.

Kelso's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-14. As for Evergreen, their win bumped their record up to 6-12.

Kelso didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Evergreen in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kelso since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.