The Northwest Wolves will face off against the Millard South Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Northwest beats Millard South with 53 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Northwest came out on top against Waukee by a score of 53-44 on Friday. Given the Wolves 's advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Warriors are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Millard South didn't have too much trouble with Omaha Westside on Saturday as they won 46-32.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Abbi Durow and Himayajo Metoyer. Durow had a solid game and went 6 for 9 on her way to 14 points. Meanwhile, Metoyer did her best for the losing side, putting up ten points.
Northwest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.1 points per game. As for Millard South, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
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