Basketball Game Preview: Oceanside Collegiate Academy Landsharks vs. Mars Fightin' Planets

The Oceanside Collegiate Academy Landsharks and the Mars Fightin' Planets will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.

Oceanside Collegiate Academy is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Nitro just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 54-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats.

Meanwhile, Mars waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Tigers 40-38. Given the Fightin' Planets' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 41st in Pennsylvania, while the Tigers are ranked 355th in Texas), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Oceanside Collegiate Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 11-2. As for Mars, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.