Basketball Game Preview: Ankeny Hawks vs. Dowling Catholic Maroons

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Previous Games

01/31/25 - Away	63-48 W
01/23/24 - Home	66-60 W
12/15/23 - Away	79-77 W
01/24/23 - Neutral	49-61 L
12/16/22 - Neutral	74-65 W
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Ankeny has gone 8-2 against Dowling Catholic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Ankeny Hawks will host the Dowling Catholic Maroons at 7:45 p.m. One thing working in Ankeny's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.

If Ankeny beats Dowling Catholic with 79 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Ankeny beat Liberty on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 79-48. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Lightning are ranked 225th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Dowling Catholic beat Southeast Polk 64-56 on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Maroons in their matchups with the Rams: they've now won four in a row.

Ankeny is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points over those games. As for Dowling Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 9-4.

Ankeny strolled past Dowling Catholic in their previous matchup last Friday by a score of 63-48. Does Ankeny have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dowling Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.