Eagle Grove is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Ridge View is on a ten-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Eagle Grove Eagles will host the Ridge View Raptors on Thursday. Eagle Grove knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Ridge View likes a good challenge.
Eagle Grove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 78-70 win over Iowa Falls-Alden on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ridge View didn't have too much trouble with East Sac County on Thursday as they won 69-50. Given the Raptors' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Raiders are ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eagle Grove is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-13 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.4 points over those games. As for Ridge View, their victory bumped their record up to 20-1.
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