Basketball Game Preview: Middletown Mustangs vs. Healdsburg Greyhounds

By Team Reports Feb 13, 2024, 4:29am

Preview: Middletown Mustangs vs. Healdsburg Greyhounds

Middletown has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Healdsburg Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Last Saturday, Middletown was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 57-53 to Cloverdale.

Meanwhile, Healdsburg waltzed into their game on Saturday with 15 straight wins but they left with 16. They walked away with a 46-34 win over Rancho Cotate. Given Healdsburg's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while Rancho Cotate is ranked 447th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Middletown's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7. As for Healdsburg, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-2.

Middletown barely slipped by Healdsburg in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, winning 49-48. Does Middletown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Healdsburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.