Basketball Game Preview: Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars vs. River View Panthers

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Previous Games

01/10/25 - Home	83-32 W
02/13/24 - Home	79-34 W
01/25/24 - Away	69-39 W
12/15/23 - Home	76-40 W
01/20/23 - Home	53-31 W
+ 5 more games

Tri-Cities Prep is 9-1 against River View since May of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars duke it out with the River View Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tri-Cities Prep has four straight victories, River View has 19 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, Tri-Cities Prep blew past Granger, posting a 77-49 win. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 23 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, River View had to suffer through a 80-27 loss at the hands of Columbia. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Coyotes are ranked 11th).

Tri-Cities Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.7 points per game. As for River View, their loss dropped their record down to 0-17.

Everything came up roses for Tri-Cities Prep against River View in their previous meeting on January 10th, as the team secured an 83-32 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tri-Cities Prep since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.