Basketball Recap: West Hancock Comes Up Short

On Monday, the West Hancock Eagles lost to the Northwood-Kensett Vikings at home by a 72-53 margin. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 289th, while the Vikings are ranked 63rd).

West Hancock has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-16 record this season. As for Northwood-Kensett, they pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.

West Hancock has already played their next contest (against Keokuk), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Northwood-Kensett has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against North Iowa.