Basketball Game Preview: Fergus Falls Otters vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm

The Fergus Falls Otters will venture away from home to square off against the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Saturday, Fergus Falls humbled Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta with an 82-54 victory. The Otters have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 27 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Sauk Rapids-Rice is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Fargo Davies. Sauk Rapids-Rice took an 87-71 bruising from Fargo Davies. The game marked the Storm's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

With the loss, Sauk Rapids-Rice broke their seven-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-1. As for Fergus Falls, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.

Fergus Falls strolled past Sauk Rapids-Rice when the teams last played back in February by a score of 90-75. Does Fergus Falls have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sauk Rapids-Rice turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.