Basketball Recap: North Iowa Skates Past West Bend-Mallard with Ease

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Iowa). They blew past the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines 80-49 on Thursday. For the Bison, this counts as revenge for the 49-48 win the Wolverines walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February.

North Iowa's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points per game. As for West Bend-Mallard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.

North Iowa won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Belmond-Klemme at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Belmond-Klemme's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six games. As for West Bend-Mallard, they and Alta-Aurelia will face off at 7:45 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played.