Basketball Game Preview: Southwest Raiders vs. Burkburnett Bulldogs

The Southwest Raiders will square off against the Burkburnett Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Burkburnett will be up against a hot Southwest squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. Southwest claimed a resounding 83-42 win over Benbrook. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 288th, while the Bobcats are ranked 631st), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Burkburnett came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.8 points), and they left with even more momentum. They took their contest with ease, bagging an 86-37 victory over the Porcupines.

Southwest pushed their record up to 25-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 43.8 points. As for Burkburnett, their victory bumped their record up to 26-6.