Basketball Game Preview: Centennial Patriots vs. Mountain View Mavericks

Centennial is on a five-game streak of home losses, Mountain View a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Centennial Patriots will welcome the Mountain View Mavericks at 7:30 p.m. Centennial has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last five games.

Having struggled with six losses in a row, Centennial turned things around against Meridian on Thursday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 59-52.

Meanwhile, Mountain View came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They snuck past Ridgevue with a 52-46 victory on Friday.

Mountain View's win bumped their record up to 6-13. As for Centennial, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-8 and their overall record up to 7-12.

Centennial was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain View in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 48-37. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.