Linn-Mar hasn't had much luck against Pleasant Valley recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Linn-Mar Lions are taking a road trip to face off against the Pleasant Valley Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Linn-Mar is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They fell 55-45 to Iowa City West. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Trojans are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Pleasant Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell to Central DeWitt 59-55.
Pleasant Valley's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4. As for Linn-Mar, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
Linn-Mar was taken down by Pleasant Valley 59-27 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Linn-Mar avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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