Basketball Game Preview: Cascade Cougars vs. Astoria Fishermen

The Cascade Cougars will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Astoria Fishermen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

It was a proper cat-fight when Cascade challenged Cottage Grove on Tuesday. Cascade put the hurt on Cottage Grove with a sharp 84-63 win.

Meanwhile, Astoria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 73-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mazama. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (57), the Fishermen still had to take the loss.

Cascade's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Astoria, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.

Cascade took their win against Astoria in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 71-46. Will Cascade repeat their success, or does Astoria have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.