Basketball Game Preview: Evergreen Vikings vs. Ottawa Hills Green Bears

The Evergreen Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the Ottawa Hills Green Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Friday, Evergreen was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 62-61 to Swanton. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), the Vikings still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Ottawa Hills didn't have too much trouble with Cardinal Stritch on Saturday as they won 62-45. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Green Bears.

Evergreen's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Ottawa Hills, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.

Everything came up roses for Evergreen against Ottawa Hills in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 68-34 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evergreen since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.