Basketball Game Preview: Buena Colts vs. Mica Mountain Thunderbolts

The Buena Colts and the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Buena's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last eight matchups.

Buena is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Cienega just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 66-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bobcats.

Meanwhile, Mica Mountain was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 59-58 to Salpointe Catholic. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (55), the Thunderbolts still had to take the loss.

Buena's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 15-5. As for Mica Mountain, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-9.