Basketball Game Preview: Atherton Ravens vs. DeSales Colts

By Team Reports Jan 19, 2025, 3:16am

Basketball Preview: Atherton Ravens vs. DeSales Colts

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The Atherton Ravens will head out on the road to take on the DeSales Colts at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Atherton's defense has only allowed 27.8 points per game this season, so DeSales' offense will have their work cut out for them.

Atherton is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Male just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 11th).

Meanwhile, everything went DeSales' way against Caldwell County on Saturday as DeSales made off with an 84-64 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colts.

DeSales has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.8 points per game. As for Atherton, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.

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