Basketball Game Preview: Mercy Culture Prep Royals vs. Bethesda Christian Lions

The Mercy Culture Prep Royals are taking a road trip to take on the Bethesda Christian Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Mercy Culture Prep and five for Bethesda Christian.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 58-26, which was the final score in Mercy Culture Prep's tilt against Victory Christian Academy on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1238th, while the Patriots are ranked 603rd).

Meanwhile, Bethesda Christian was just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 48-47 to Victory Baptist Academy.

Mercy Culture Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Bethesda Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 6-16.

Mercy Culture Prep was dealt a bruising 63-34 defeat at the hands of Bethesda Christian in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Mercy Culture Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.