Basketball Game Preview: Islip Buccaneers vs. Mount Sinai Mustangs

The Islip Buccaneers will kick their season off against the Mount Sinai Mustangs on Thursday. Tip off is scheduled at 6:45 p.m.

Mount Sinai will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Amityville Memorial, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Mount Sinai managed a 69-63 win over Amityville Memorial on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.

Their victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Islip, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they finished on the wrong side of .500 (9-11), but they'll be hoping to turn things around this year.

Islip and Mount Sinai were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in February, but Islip came up empty-handed after a 69-68 defeat. Can Islip avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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