Basketball Game Preview: Spoto Spartans vs. Braden River Pirates

The Spoto Spartans will head out to take on the Braden River Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Spoto is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Leto just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 69-58 to the Falcons.

Meanwhile, Braden River entered their tilt with Venice on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 63-51. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by exactly 12 points.

Braden River pushed their record up to 12-13 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.8 points per game. As for Spoto, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.