The Knoxville Panthers will square off against the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rockets at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Knoxville has seven straight wins, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Knoxville will bounce into Friday's match after beating Newton, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Knoxville skirted past Newton 48-45. The 48-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont was beaten by North Mahaska 64-32 on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 332nd, while the Warhawks are ranked 59th).
Knoxville's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Knoxville ended up a good deal behind Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont when the teams last played back in January of 2024, losing 72-58. Can Knoxville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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