Basketball Game Preview: River Road Wildcats vs. Miami Warriors

The River Road Wildcats will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Miami Warriors at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for River Road and seven for Miami dating back to last season.

Last Friday, River Road was beaten by Sanford-Fritch 54-25. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1164th, while the Eagles are ranked 517th).

Meanwhile, Miami came up short against West Texas back in November, falling 52-27.

River Road's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Miami, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.

River Road and Miami were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, but River Road came up empty-handed after a 39-38 loss. Can River Road avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.