Basketball Game Preview: Spring Hill Raiders vs. Columbia Central Lions

Spring Hill is 1-8 against Columbia Central since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Spring Hill Raiders just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Columbia Central Lions at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Spring Hill is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 75-38 loss at the hands of Shelbyville Central.

Meanwhile, Columbia Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They fell 57-50 to Warren County. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Pioneers & Lady Pioneers are ranked 66th).

Columbia Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Spring Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.

Spring Hill came up short against Columbia Central in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 48-35. Can Spring Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.