Basketball Game Preview: Sioux City East Black Raiders vs. Storm Lake Tornadoes

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Previous Games

02/13/24 - Home	77-51 W
02/14/23 - Neutral	89-37 W
02/15/22 - Home	78-53 W
02/16/21 - Away	87-52 W
02/18/20 - Home	79-51 W
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Sioux City East is a perfect 9-0 against Storm Lake since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Sioux City East Black Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Storm Lake Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

If Sioux City East beats Storm Lake with 66 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Sioux City East beat Tea on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 66-62. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Black Raiders.

Meanwhile, Storm Lake came tearing into Thursday's contest with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.7 points), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Titans with a sharp 71-48 win. Given the Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Titans are ranked 189th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sioux City East pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.0 points over those games. As for Storm Lake, their win bumped their record up to 18-1.

Sioux City East took their victory against Storm Lake when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a conclusive 77-51. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sioux City East since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.