Basketball Game Preview: Brighton Bengals vs. West Panthers

The Brighton Bengals will head out on the road to face off against the West Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Brighton sitting on five straight victories and West on 16.

On Tuesday, everything came up roses for Brighton against Skyline as the squad secured a 58-31 win. The Bengals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely West's strategy against Olympus on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that West blew Olympus out of the water with an 84-46 final score. The Panthers is also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the ten match they've won by 20+ points or more this season.

West pushed their record up to 16-0 with the victory, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.6 points per game. As for Brighton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.

Brighton lost to West on the road by a decisive 63-44 margin when the teams last played on January 7th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West's Kylee Falatea, who went 11 for 22 en route to 29 points along with eight boards and three steals. Now that Brighton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.