Wheatland and Halfway are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2016, but not for long. The Wheatland Mules will square off against the Halfway Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Wheatland sitting on seven straight wins and Halfway on four.
Last Tuesday, Wheatland was able to grind out a solid victory over Montrose, taking the game 58-46. Given the Mules' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Blue Jays are ranked 509th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Halfway beat Hermitage 61-52 last Friday.
Wheatland is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Halfway, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
Wheatland didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Halfway in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 45-40 victory. Will Wheatland repeat their success, or does Halfway have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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