The Monona Grove Silver Eagles will challenge the Mount Horeb Vikings on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Monona Grove comes in on four and Mount Horeb on 12.
Monona Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They pulled ahead with a 44-43 photo finish over Elkhorn. The 44-point effort marked the Silver Eagles' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Mount Horeb didn't have too much trouble with McFarland on Saturday as they won 71-53. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Spartans are ranked 87th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mount Horeb pushed their record up to 24-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.2 points over those games. As for Monona Grove, their win bumped their record up to 16-9.
Monona Grove couldn't quite get it done against Mount Horeb in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 as they fell 76-63. Can Monona Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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