Basketball Game Preview: Reed Raiders vs. Bishop Manogue Miners

Reed is 2-8 against Bishop Manogue since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Reed Raiders will challenge the Bishop Manogue Miners at 7:30 p.m.

On Monday, Reed had to suffer through a 64-21 loss at the hands of Spanish Springs. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while the Cougars are ranked sixth).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bishop Manogue). Everything went their way against Carson on Friday as Bishop Manogue made off with a 71-45 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Miners.

Reed better keep an eye on Liam Sorensen. He was instrumental in Bishop Manogue's win, going 8 of 12 on his way to 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamahl Jackson, who posted eight points.

Bishop Manogue is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Reed, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-10.

Reed was taken down by Bishop Manogue 69-42 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Reed avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.