Basketball Game Preview: Battle Creek Grizzlies vs. Spring Hill Raiders

The Battle Creek Grizzlies will venture away from home to take on the Spring Hill Raiders at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with seven consecutive losses for Battle Creek and 11 for Spring Hill.

Battle Creek managed to keep up with Mt. Pleasant until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Battle Creek had to suffer through a 71-39 loss at the hands of Mt. Pleasant. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 401st, while the Tigers are ranked 156th).

Meanwhile, Spring Hill came up short against Coffee County Central on Tuesday and fell 50-39.

Spring Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Battle Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 1-20.

Battle Creek took a serious blow against Spring Hill when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 62-33. Can Battle Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.