Basketball Game Preview: Smyer Bobcats vs. Van Horn Eagles

The Smyer Bobcats will challenge the Van Horn Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Van Horn took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Smyer, who comes in off a win.

If Smyer beats Van Horn with 65 points on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Smyer took down Ropes 65-47 on Tuesday. The Bobcats pushed the score to 50-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, Van Horn came up short against Buena Vista on Friday and fell 42-35. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Van Horn's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Smyer, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-9 record this season.