Basketball Game Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Bloomington Purple Raiders

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Previous Games

12/02/24 - Neutral	59-31 W
12/15/23 - Home	72-28 W
11/20/23 - Neutral	68-43 W
12/16/22 - Away	66-50 W
11/28/22 - Neutral	66-39 W
+ 5 more games

Normal Community has gone 10-0 against Bloomington recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Normal Community Ironmen will face off against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Normal Community has three straight wins, Bloomington has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Friday, Normal Community didn't have too much trouble with Mt. Zion as they won 65-51.

Meanwhile, Bloomington lost a heartbreaker to Mahomet-Seymour when they met back in January of 2020, and they left with a heavy heart again on Tuesday. Bloomington came up short against Mahomet-Seymour, falling 75-51. The Purple Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-18.

Bloomington's defeat dropped their record down to 1-20. As for Normal Community, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.

Everything came up roses for Normal Community against Bloomington when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the team secured a 59-31 victory. Will Normal Community repeat their success, or does Bloomington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.