Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Academy Heroes vs. Tempe Prep Knights

The Heritage Academy Heroes will challenge the Tempe Prep Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Heritage Academy came up into this matchup off a tough 23-point loss on Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Santa Cruz Valley by a score of 39-37 on Thursday. The Heroes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Tempe Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They were dealt a 64-11 loss at the hands of Arizona Lutheran Academy. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while the Coyotes are ranked 25th).

Heritage Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Tempe Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.

Heritage Academy ended up a good deal behind Tempe Prep in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, losing 27-13. Can Heritage Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.