Basketball Preview: Arabia Mountain Rams vs. Tri-Cities Bulldogs
The Arabia Mountain Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Tri-Cities Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Arabia Mountain has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 194 points over their last three contests.
Arabia Mountain will head into Tuesday's match out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday after a huge 22-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Archer by a score of 64-61.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Tri-Cities, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They had just enough and edged Jonesboro out 67-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bulldogs have posted since February 21st.
Tri-Cities found their leader in sophomore Tre Keith, who went 8 for 11 en route to 24 points plus four steals. With that strong performance, Keith is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean VanDorn, who went 6 for 9 en route to 14 points plus five rebounds.
Tri-Cities was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
Tri-Cities has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points per game. As for Arabia Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Arabia Mountain couldn't quite finish off Tri-Cities in their previous matchup back in November of 2014 and fell 50-47. Can Arabia Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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