Basketball Game Preview: College Place Hawks vs. Connell Eagles

College Place and Connell are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the College Place Hawks take on the Connell Eagles at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.

Last Friday, College Place had to suffer through a 74-31 loss at the hands of Cashmere.

Meanwhile, Connell was beaten by Zillah 84-21 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while the Leopards are ranked 31st).

Connell's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for College Place, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.

College Place beat Connell 56-48 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Will College Place repeat their success, or does Connell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.