Basketball Game Preview: Paducah Dragons vs. Groom Tigers

The Paducah Dragons will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Groom Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Paducah will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 22) and two weeks ago they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Post out 68-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Dragons have posted since December 9, 2023.

While Groom didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Claude 43-40.

Groom has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Paducah, the win got them back to even at 3-3.

Paducah was able to grind out a solid victory over Groom in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, winning 41-31. Does Paducah have another victory up their sleeve, or will Groom turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.