Basketball Game Preview: Shorewood Stormrays vs. West Valley Rams

The Shorewood Stormrays and the West Valley Rams will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.

West Valley is facing Shorewood at the wrong time: Shorewood suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were beaten by the Pirates 72-39. While losing is never fun, the Stormrays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Pirates are ranked tenth).

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for West Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Everything went their way against Bremerton on Friday as West Valley made off with an 82-59 victory.

Shorewood's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4. As for West Valley, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.