Basketball Game Preview: Dime Box Longhorns vs. Round Top-Carmine Cubs

After both having extra time off, the Dime Box Longhorns and the Round Top-Carmine Cubs will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Dime Box will be strutting in after a victory while Round Top-Carmine will be coming in after a loss.

Dime Box took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Friday. They never let Calvert onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The one-point effort marked the Longhorns' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, Round Top-Carmine ended up a good deal behind Brazos Christian on December 13th and lost 40-24.

Round Top-Carmine's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for Dime Box, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-9 record.

Dime Box suffered a grim 59-36 defeat to Round Top-Carmine in their previous meeting back in January. Can Dime Box avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.