Preview: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds vs. New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop is 2-8 against New Ulm Cathedral since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds will head out on the road to take on the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past six contests -- so hopefully New Ulm Cathedral likes a good challenge.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop pushed their score all the way to 57 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 63-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Mary's. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop has not had much luck with St. Mary's recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, New Ulm Cathedral's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Central by a score of 72-70. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-10. As for New Ulm Cathedral, they dropped their record down to 12-11 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup on Tuesday, slipping by New Ulm Cathedral 74-73. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was New Ulm Cathedral's Jevan Wilfahrt, who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop still be able to contain Wilfahrt? There's only one way to find out.
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