Basketball Game Preview: Mountain Grove Panthers vs. Willow Springs Bears

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Previous Games

02/09/24 - Away	60-41 W
12/02/23 - Home	66-73 L
02/27/23 - Away	67-51 W
02/10/23 - Home	74-54 W
02/08/22 - Away	52-60 L
+ 5 more games

Mountain Grove and Willow Springs are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Mountain Grove Panthers will welcome the Willow Springs Bears at 8:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Willow Springs will be up against a hot Mountain Grove team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Mountain Grove claimed a resounding 62-23 win over Cabool. The match marked the Panthers' most dominant victory of the season.

Fans were treated to a Battle of the Bears on Friday. Willow Springs escaped with a win against Ava by the margin of a single free throw, 55-54. The win continues a trend for Willow Springs in their matchups with Ava: they've now won three in a row.

Mountain Grove's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-10. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.0 points over those games. As for Willow Springs, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.

Mountain Grove strolled past Willow Springs when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a score of 60-41. Will Mountain Grove repeat their success, or does Willow Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.