Basketball Recap: Prairie City-Monroe Picks Up Eighth Consecutive Victory

Mustangs

Previous Games

02/04/25 @ South Hamilton	59-27
01/31/25 @ Nevada	61-27
01/30/25 vs Perry	57-10
01/24/25 vs Greene County	68-14
01/17/25 @ Saydel	63-20
+ 3 more games

Prairie City-Monroe entered their tilt with South Hamilton on Tuesday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They breezed by the South Hamilton Hawks to the tune of 59-27. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Hawks are ranked 268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Prairie City-Monroe is also on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.7 points per game. As for South Hamilton, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-14.

Prairie City-Monroe will take on Roland-Story at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Prairie City-Monroe has won five straight at home, while Roland-Story won five straight on the road), something that'll have to change. As for South Hamilton, it'll be a Battle of the Birds when the South Hamilton Hawks duke it out with the Perry Bluejays at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.