Basketball Recap: Underwood Beats Missouri Valley for Their Fifth Straight Win

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

01/16/25 vs Missouri Valley	57-45
01/14/25 @ Audubon	52-51
01/10/25 vs Logan-Magnolia	61-53
01/07/25 @ Riverside	71-44
01/06/25 vs Shenandoah	55-37

Underwood had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top against the Missouri Valley Big Reds by a score of 57-45. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Big Reds are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Underwood has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.1 points per game. As for Missouri Valley, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-10.

Underwood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 64-48 victory against AHSTW on the 17th. Missouri Valley has also already played their next contest (against Logan-Magnolia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.