Basketball Game Preview: Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms vs. Bethlehem Academy Cardinals

The Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms will face off against the Bethlehem Academy Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Blooming Prairie is headed into Friday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 78-74 heartbreaker at the hands of Triton.

Meanwhile, Bethlehem Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a blow against Triton, falling 106-50. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 395th, while the Cobras are ranked 133rd).

Bethlehem Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-17. As for Blooming Prairie, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6.

Everything came up roses for Blooming Prairie against Bethlehem Academy when the teams last played back in January, as the squad secured a 96-37 victory. Will Blooming Prairie repeat their success, or does Bethlehem Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.