Basketball Game Preview: Mankato West Scarlets vs. Winona Winhawks

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Previous Games

12/20/24 - Home	60-36 W
02/16/24 - Home	45-66 L
12/22/23 - Away	46-55 L
02/02/23 - Neutral	43-36 W
12/10/22 - Home	66-49 W
+ 5 more games

Mankato West is 8-2 against Winona since December of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Mankato West Scarlets will head out to face off against the Winona Winhawks at 7:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Mankato West and 23 for Winona dating back to last season.

Last Tuesday, Mankato West ended up a good deal behind Austin and lost 64-47. While losing is never fun, the Scarlets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Packers are ranked 47th).

Meanwhile, Winona was beaten by Mayo 83-25 on Tuesday.

Mankato West's loss dropped their record down to 8-16. As for Winona, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-22.

Everything went Mankato West's way against Winona in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as Mankato West made off with a 60-36 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mankato West since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.