Basketball Game Preview: Brevard Blue Devils vs. R-S Central Hilltoppers

The Brevard Blue Devils will venture away from home to take on the R-S Central Hilltoppers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Brevard's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups.

Brevard easily dispatched Tuscola on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Brevard fell just short of East Rutherford by a score of 66-64 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (63), the Blue Devils still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, R-S Central lost to Hendersonville on the road by a 62-44 margin on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Hilltoppers in their matchups with the Bearcats: they've now lost six in a row.

R-S Central's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-8. As for Brevard, they now have a losing record at 6-7.

Brevard and R-S Central were neck-and-neck when the teams last played on January 3rd, but Brevard came up empty-handed after a 47-46 loss. Can Brevard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.