Basketball Game Preview: Sacred Heart Irish vs. Pawnee City Indians

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Previous Games

02/13/24 - Home	56-20 W
01/19/24 - Home	49-9 W
01/20/23 - Away	56-15 W
01/21/22 - Home	67-15 W
02/02/21 - Neutral	58-19 W
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Sacred Heart has gone 10-0 against Pawnee City recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Sacred Heart Irish will face off against the Pawnee City Indians at 6:00 p.m. Pawnee City took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Sacred Heart, who comes in off a win.

Sacred Heart took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 43-36 victory over Auburn. Given the Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 244th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Pawnee City played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 69-21 defeat at the hands of Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer. The Indians were down 57-18 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Sacred Heart's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.6 points per game. As for Pawnee City, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.

Everything came up roses for Sacred Heart against Pawnee City when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as the team secured a 56-20 victory. In that game, Sacred Heart amassed a halftime lead of 34-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.