Basketball Game Preview: Canyon Hills Rattlers vs. Mission Bay Buccaneers

The Canyon Hills Rattlers will head out to face off against the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Canyon Hills is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Coronado on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Canyon Hills lost 49-26 to Coronado. The Rattlers were down 43-18 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Mission Bay played against Lincoln and lost via forfeit.

Canyon Hills' loss dropped their record down to 16-10. As for Mission Bay, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-17.

Canyon Hills beat Mission Bay 23-16 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Canyon Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.