Basketball Game Preview: Calipatria Hornets vs. Imperial Tigers

The Calipatria Hornets will head out to square off against the Imperial Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Calipatria is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Central just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell to the Spartans 63-59.

Meanwhile, Imperial strolled past Calexico with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 49-34. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.

Calipatria now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Imperial, the win got them back to even at 10-10.

Calipatria beat Imperial 52-42 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Calipatria since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.