The Mounds View Mustangs will take on the Waconia Wildcats in a holiday battle at at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Mounds View beat Roseville 60-54. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Raiders are ranked 150th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Waconia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 78-67 to Shakopee. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (64), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Waconia's loss ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. As for Mounds View, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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