Basketball Game Preview: College Place Hawks vs. Kiona-Benton Bears

The College Place Hawks will face off against the Kiona-Benton Bears at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. College Place has now lost 14 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 6.

It was a Battle of the Birds when College Place faced off against Connell on Tuesday. College Place fell to Connell 57-53.

Meanwhile, Kiona-Benton played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 91-68 to Zillah. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Leopards are ranked 22nd).

This is the second loss in a row for Kiona-Benton and nudges their season record down to 8-10. As for College Place, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.

College Place took a serious blow against Kiona-Benton when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 79-48. Can College Place avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.