Basketball Preview: Mankato East Cougars vs. Northfield Raiders
Mankato East has gone 8-2 against Northfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mankato East Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Northfield Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Mankato East will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Mankato East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 69-46 to Austin last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Northfield got the win against Faribault on Tuesday by a conclusive 71-51. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Grace Mostad was nothing short of spectacular: she went 7 for 11 en route to 18 points plus two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Livingston, who scored 11 points in addition to six rebounds.
Northfield was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Mankato East's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Northfield, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Mankato East was able to grind out a solid win over Northfield when the teams last played back in January, winning 60-49. Does Mankato East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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