Basketball Game Preview: Swartz Creek Dragons vs. Flushing Raiders

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2024, 3:25am

Preview: Swartz Creek Dragons vs. Flushing Raiders

Swartz Creek is 1-9 against Flushing since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Swartz Creek Dragons will head out on the road to take on the Flushing Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Swartz Creek and seven for Flushing.

Last Tuesday, Swartz Creek had to suffer through a rough 79-34 loss at the hands of Frankenmuth. While losing is never fun, Swartz Creek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 519th, while Frankenmuth is ranked 114th).

Meanwhile, Flushing was the victim of a tough 73-52 loss at the hands of Holly on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Flushing has lost by exactly 21 points.

Swartz Creek dropped their record down to 4-14 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Flushing, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.

Swartz Creek might still be hurting after the 57-35 loss they got from Flushing in their previous matchup back in January. Can Swartz Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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