Basketball Game Preview: Skyline Spartans vs. Newport - Bellevue Knights

Skyline and Newport - Bellevue are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Skyline Spartans will square off against the Newport - Bellevue Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Skyline will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Sammamish on Friday. Skyline claimed a resounding 72-41 victory over Sammamish. The Spartans pushed the score to 52-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the RedHawks had little chance of recovering from.

Meanwhile, Newport - Bellevue came into Friday's game having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They were the clear victor by a 52-29 margin over Highline on Friday.

Skyline's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Newport - Bellevue, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.

Everything came up roses for Skyline against Newport - Bellevue in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 59-30 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Skyline since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.