The Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves will head out to challenge the Springville Orioles on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Winfield-Mt. Union beats Springville with 61 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Winfield-Mt. Union came out on top against Keota by a score of 61-51 on Thursday. The Wolves didn't have much to brag about two games back, but this win makes it their second in a row.
Meanwhile, Springville came tearing into Monday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.2 points), and they left with even more momentum. They breezed past the Tigers to the tune of 98-23. Given the Orioles' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Tigers are ranked 291st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Springville's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.0 points over those games. As for Winfield-Mt. Union, their win bumped their record up to 6-16.
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