Basketball Game Preview: Sweeny Bulldogs vs. Iowa Colony Pioneers

By Team Reports Feb 27, 2024, 3:15am

Preview: Sweeny Bulldogs vs. Iowa Colony Pioneers

Sweeny is 0-4 against Iowa Colony since January of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sweeny Bulldogs' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Iowa Colony Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

With a playoff game on the line, Sweeny rose to the challenge on Friday. They managed a 70-66 victory over the Texans. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

Kendrick Hernandez and Cameron Alexander were among the main playmakers for Sweeny as the former scored 16 points along with six rebounds and two steals and the latter scored 19 points along with five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Alexander has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sloan Novak, who scored seven points along with six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Iowa Colony put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Davenport 71-45. The win was nothing new for Iowa Colony as they're now sitting on ten straight.

BJ Gill continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 28 points along with seven steals. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times he's played. Daylen Dalcour was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with seven rebounds and two steals.

Sweeny's win bumped their record up to 19-17. As for Iowa Colony, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-14 record this season.

Sweeny was dealt a bruising 77-48 loss at the hands of Iowa Colony in their previous meeting two weeks ago. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Sweeny was down 42-21.

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