Basketball Game Preview: Fountain Lake Cobras vs. ESTEM Mets

The Fountain Lake Cobras will take on the ESTEM Mets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Fountain Lake comes in on three and ESTEM on six.

Fountain Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Hall 73-34. Given the Cobras' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Warriors are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, ESTEM was able to grind out a solid victory over Malvern on Friday, taking the game 43-36.

ESTEM has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.8 points per game. As for Fountain Lake, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.

Everything came up roses for Fountain Lake against ESTEM when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 63-19 victory. Does Fountain Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will ESTEM turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.