Basketball Recap: Tuesday's Win Is Watertown-Mayer's Seventh in Last Nine Outings

Watertown-Mayer won the last time they faced Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Watertown-Mayer Royals took down the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers 70-51. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Lakers are ranked 359th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Watertown-Mayer is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.1 points per game. As for Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, their loss was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-14.

Watertown-Mayer wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 81-57 win against Litchfield on the 24th. As for Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 56-41 defeat against Kimball on the 23rd.