Basketball Game Preview: Bloomer Blackhawks vs. Fall Creek Crickets

The Bloomer Blackhawks will take on the Fall Creek Crickets in a holiday battle at at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Bloomer is headed into Friday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They took a 62-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Altoona on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Fall Creek was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 54-49 to Regis.

Fall Creek's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-3. As for Bloomer, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.

Bloomer came up short against Fall Creek in their previous matchup back in February, falling 48-44. Can Bloomer avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.