Basketball Game Preview: Galena Pirates vs. East Dubuque Warriors

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Previous Games

01/24/25 - Home	42-37 W
11/26/24 - Neutral	47-41 W
02/16/24 - Neutral	66-41 W
02/02/24 - Away	62-36 W
01/17/24 - Home	69-43 W
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Galena is a perfect 10-0 against East Dubuque since February of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Galena Pirates just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the East Dubuque Warriors at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

On Monday, Galena blew past Warren, posting a 43-16 victory. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Warriors are ranked 506th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for East Dubuque on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Warren out of the water with a 51-21 final score. With East Dubuque ahead 34-11 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

East Dubuque's win bumped their record up to 15-11. As for Galena, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-11 record this season.

Galena didn't have too much breathing room in their game against East Dubuque in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 42-37 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Galena since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.