Basketball Game Preview: Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] vs. Falls City Tigers

Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] will be taking part in a tournament against the Falls City Tigers at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] has four straight victories, Falls City has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] beats Falls City with 57 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] had just enough and edged Osborn out 57-54. Given Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt]'s advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Osborn is ranked 299th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Falls City took a blow against Mead on Saturday, falling 66-20.

Ethan Morris was Falls City's leading scorer, having posted eight points. Brock Caudle held things down on the boards with eight rebounds.

Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.6 points per game. As for Falls City, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.

Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] couldn't quite finish off Falls City in their previous matchup back in January of 2023 and fell 58-55. Can Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.