Basketball Preview: Slippery Rock Rockets vs. Oil City Oilers
Slippery Rock is 1-8 against Oil City since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Slippery Rock Rockets will head out on the road to square off against the Oil City Oilers at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
While Rockets fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They blew past West Middlesex 66-32 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Oil City can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Friday. They took down Keystone 66-50.
Slippery Rock came up short against Oil City in their previous meeting back in January, falling 47-40. Can Slippery Rock avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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