Basketball Recap: Prairie City-Monroe Takes Down Van Meter in a Playoff Battle

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Prairie City-Monroe had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They secured a 46-40 W over the Van Meter Bulldogs.

Prairie City-Monroe is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.2 points over those games. As for Van Meter, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Prairie City-Monroe will square off against South Tama County on Saturday. As for Van Meter, they will challenge Saydel on Saturday.