Basketball Game Preview: Union Parish Farmers vs. Ringgold Redskins

The Union Parish Farmers are taking a road trip to face off against the Ringgold Redskins at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Union Parish's defense has only allowed 29.2 points per game this season, so Ringgold's offense will have their work cut out for them.

Union Parish is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Sterlington just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting the Panthers an easy 58-36 victory. While losing is never fun, the Farmers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Panthers are ranked 69th).

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-22, which was the final score in Ringgold's tilt against Airline on Friday.

Union Parish's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Ringgold, they dropped their record down to 3-7 with the loss, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.