Basketball Game Preview: Metro Tech Knights vs. Carl Hayden Community Falcons

Metro Tech is 0-7 against Carl Hayden Community since December of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Metro Tech Knights will square off against the Carl Hayden Community Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Metro Tech is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by McClintock and fell 91-25. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while the Chargers are ranked 157th).

Meanwhile, Carl Hayden Community unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Mountain Pointe by a score of 40-38. The contest marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Carl Hayden Community's loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 12-6. As for Metro Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-19.

Metro Tech took a serious blow against Carl Hayden Community in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 86-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carl Hayden Community's Tion Wright, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine steals. Now that Metro Tech knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.