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The Northwood-Kensett (Northwood, IA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Newman Catholic (Mason City, IA) by a score of 72-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newman Catholic	-	-	-	-	72
Northwood-Kensett	-	-	-	-	61

Final score provided by S. ScoreFinder.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Iowa High School Basketball - Newman Catholic thwarts Northwood-Kensett

January 31, 2025: Northwood, IA 50459

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Newman Catholic Knights (Mason City, IA) and the host Northwood-Kensett Vikings (Northwood, IA), observed Newman Catholic's basketball team knock off Northwood-Kensett by a score of 72-61.

The Knights (13-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Garner-Hayfield/Ventura (Garner, IA). The Cardinals come into the North Iowa challenge with a 7-9 record. In their last challenge, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura was knocked off by Bishop Garrigan (Algona, IA), 65-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings encounter the St. Ansgar Saints (St. Ansgar, IA) in a Corn Bowl challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Northwood-Kensett will attempt to improve on its 16-2 season record.

NCHS @ NKHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 7:45p

Northwood-Kensett High School

The Northwood-Kensett (Northwood, IA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Newman Catholic (Mason City, IA) by a score of 72-61.

Rankings & Records

Newman Catholic (24-25)

IA	Class
101	18

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-5	3-1	7-4	9-0	0-1	.762	.750	1,462	1,091

Northwood-Kensett (24-25)

IA	Class
94	16

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-4	7-0	8-2	12-1	0-1	.833	1.000	1,436	1,204

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newman Catholic	-	-	-	-	69.6
Northwood-Kensett	-	-	-	-	59.8

Head-to-Head

Northwood-Kensett won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 7:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

NKHS - - - - 64
Newman Catholic - - - - 59

The Northwood-Kensett (Northwood, IA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Newman Catholic (Mason City, IA) by a score of 64-59.
Box score
Newman Catholic won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 7:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Newman Catholic - - - - 72
NKHS - - - - 61

The Newman Catholic (Mason City, IA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Northwood-Kensett (Northwood, IA) by a score of 72-61.
Box score

12/20 @ 7:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NKHS	-	-	-	-	64
Newman Catholic	-	-	-	-	59

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newman Catholic	11-2		Northwood-Kensett	12-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Newman Catholic	Osage	(W) 67-54	1/10/25	Osage	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 57-55
1/14/25	Osage	Newman Catholic	(L) 71-47	2/7/25	Northwood-Kensett	Osage	(L) 78-50
12/6/24	North Butler	Newman Catholic	(W) 50-35	12/3/24	Northwood-Kensett	North Butler	(W) 57-48
1/17/25	Newman Catholic	North Butler	(W) 70-34	1/14/25	North Butler	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 58-46
12/10/24	Newman Catholic	Nashua-Plainfield	(W) 74-56	12/6/24	Nashua-Plainfield	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 64-58
1/21/25	Nashua-Plainfield	Newman Catholic	(W) 83-57	1/17/25	Northwood-Kensett	Nashua-Plainfield	(W) 72-58
12/13/24	West Fork	Newman Catholic	(L) 83-74	12/10/24	Northwood-Kensett	West Fork	(W) 66-55
1/24/25	Newman Catholic	West Fork	(W) 68-64	1/21/25	West Fork	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 75-37
1/3/25	West Hancock	Newman Catholic	(W) 62-19	1/27/25	Northwood-Kensett	West Hancock	(W) 72-53
1/4/25	Central Springs	Newman Catholic		12/19/24	Central Springs	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 62-29
1/7/25	Newman Catholic	Central Springs	(W) 72-29	2/10/25	Northwood-Kensett	Central Springs	(W) 63-45
2/4/25	Central Springs	Newman Catholic	(W) 77-40
1/10/25	St. Ansgar	Newman Catholic	(W) 82-50	1/7/25	Northwood-Kensett	St. Ansgar	(W) 56-48
2/7/25	Newman Catholic	St. Ansgar	(W) 84-42	2/4/25	St. Ansgar	Northwood-Kensett	(W) 61-26
2/14/25	Newman Catholic	Lake Mills		1/25/25	Lake Mills	Northwood-Kensett	(L) 61-50
				2/20/25	Northwood-Kensett	Lake Mills	(L) 63-42

Record Breakdown

Newman Catholic (24-25)		N Northwood-Kensett (24-25)
16-5	Overall	20-4
3-1	League	7-0
13-4	Non-League	13-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
11-2	Common Opponent	12-3
7-4	Home	8-2
9-0	Away	12-1
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
16-5	In-State	20-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0