Basketball Recap: Waverly-Shell Rock Skates Past Hudson with Ease

Go-Hawks

Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 @ Hudson	79-33
01/25/25 @ Prairie du Chien	79-33
01/24/25 vs Nevada	70-42
01/20/25 vs Union	72-43
01/17/25 vs Charles City	87-47

Waverly-Shell Rock had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 79-33 victory over the Hudson Pirates. Given the Go-Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Pirates are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Waverly-Shell Rock has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Hudson, they dropped their record down to 3-13 with the loss, which was their seventh straight at home.

Waverly-Shell Rock has already played their next matchup (against Mason City), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Hudson will face off against Center Point-Urbana at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.