Basketball Game Preview: Brookland-Cayce Bearcats vs. Crestwood Knights

The Brookland-Cayce Bearcats will venture away from home to challenge the Crestwood Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Monday, Brookland-Cayce was able to grind out a solid victory over Midland Valley, taking the game 73-62. The Bearcats pushed the score to 53-33 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Crestwood rose to the challenge on Monday. They blew past the Thoroughbreds 103-69. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 20 points or more this season.

Brookland-Cayce is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.4 points over those games. As for Crestwood, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 21-3.

Brookland-Cayce came up short against Crestwood in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 51-38. Can Brookland-Cayce avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.