Basketball Game Preview: New Boston Lions vs. Liberty-Eylau Leopards

New Boston is 1-7 against Liberty-Eylau since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The New Boston Lions will take on the Liberty-Eylau Leopards at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Last Tuesday, New Boston was beaten by Hooks 66-20. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 958th, while the Hornets are ranked 172nd).

Liberty-Eylau has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were a single point away from ending the streak, but they lost a 49-48 heartbreaker at the hands of Atlanta.

Liberty-Eylau's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-9. As for New Boston, their loss dropped their record down to 9-14.

New Boston was dealt a bruising 65-24 defeat at the hands of Liberty-Eylau in their previous matchup on January 7th. Can New Boston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.