The Flora Wolves will face off against the Newton Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Flora is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Flora came up short against Fairfield and fell 46-34.
Meanwhile, Newton played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 65-37 loss at the hands of Casey-Westfield. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Warriors are ranked 177th).
This is the second loss in a row for Newton and nudges their season record down to 9-18. As for Flora, their loss dropped their record down to 8-20.
Flora skirted past Newton 54-51 in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. Will Flora repeat their success, or does Newton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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