Basketball Game Preview: Madawaska Owls vs. Van Buren Crusaders

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Previous Games

12/18/24 - Away	33-31 W
02/07/24 - Home	8-16 L
01/18/24 - Away	25-29 L
12/19/23 - Home	10-9 W
02/01/23 - Home	48-26 W
+ 5 more games

Madawaska is 8-2 against Van Buren since February of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Madawaska Owls will look to defend their home court against the Van Buren Crusaders at 5:30 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Madawaska and six for Van Buren.

Madawaska might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 64-10 to Wisdom, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 46-12, which was the final score in Van Buren's tilt against Ashland on Friday.

Madawaska's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Van Buren, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.

Madawaska came out on top in a nail-biter against Van Buren when the teams last played back in December of 2024, sneaking past 33-31. Will Madawaska repeat their success, or does Van Buren have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.