Basketball Game Preview: Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat vs. Centre Cougars

The Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat will start their season against the Centre Cougars. Tip off is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Centre is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They came up short against Chase County, falling 49-25.

Centre's loss dropped their record down to 0-2.

As for Rural Vista [Hope/White City], they've got a clean slate this season. Last year, they finished 3-18.

Things could have been worse for Rural Vista [Hope/White City], but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 45-31 loss to Centre in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Centre's Olivia Carlson, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Rural Vista [Hope/White City] knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.