Basketball Game Preview: River Rouge Panthers vs. Heritage Hawks

The River Rouge Panthers will take on the Heritage Hawks at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

River Rouge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Dearborn just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 53-44 to the Pioneers.

Meanwhile, Heritage was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Wednesday as they fell 69-64 to Saginaw United. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while Saginaw United are ranked 29th).

Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for River Rouge, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.