Basketball Game Preview: Princeton Eagles vs. Loyalton Grizzlies

Princeton is 2-8 against Loyalton since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Princeton Eagles just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Loyalton Grizzlies at 5:30 p.m. Princeton has insisted on making their last three contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.

On Wednesday, Princeton had just enough and edged Westwood out 53-50. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Lumberjacks recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Meanwhile, Loyalton was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 58-57 to Paradise Adventist Academy. While the Grizzlies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cougars 20-9 in the first quarter.

This is the second loss in a row for Loyalton and nudges their season record down to 13-12. As for Princeton, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.

Princeton came up short against Loyalton in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 61-51. Can Princeton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.