The Waterloo Christian Regents will head out on the road to challenge the Denver Cyclones at 7:45 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Waterloo Christian can't be too worried about heading out to take on Denver: they just beat Colo-NESCO at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Waterloo Christian managed a 58-54 win over Colo-NESCO on Saturday.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Denver beat South Hardin 79-73 on Friday. Given the Cyclones' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Tigers are ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Denver's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.5 points over those games. As for Waterloo Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Waterloo Christian was taken down by Denver 83-56 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Waterloo Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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