Basketball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Northfield

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

12/17/24 @ Mankato West	45
01/06/25 vs Albert Lea	33
01/11/25 @ Austin	22
01/02/25 vs John Marshall	3
12/19/24 vs Red Wing	-1

Northfield waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Austin Packers as they made off with a 63-41 win. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 20 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Northfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Callie Lynch, who posted 15 points and five rebounds. The contest was Lynch's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatum Sawyer, who earned eight points and ten rebounds.

Northfield has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points per game. As for Austin, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-3.

Northfield will square off against Owatonna at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Owatonna knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Northfield likes a good challenge. As for Austin, they will host Winona at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Austin is facing Winona at the right time seeing as Winona is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.