Basketball Game Preview: Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears vs. North Union Warriors

The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears and the North Union Warriors will compete for holiday cheer at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bishop Garrigan has four straight victories, North Union has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, Bishop Garrigan made easy work of Garner-Hayfield/Ventura and carried off a 68-43 win. Given the Golden Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Cardinals are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-43, which was the final score in North Union's tilt against Belmond-Klemme on Tuesday.

Bishop Garrigan pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.7 points per game. As for North Union, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4-1.

Bishop Garrigan couldn't quite finish off North Union in their previous matchup back in January and fell 53-50. Will Bishop Garrigan have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.