Having just played yesterday, the Underwood Rockets will head out on the road to face off against the Parkers Prairie Panthers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Underwood is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Underwood fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Brandon/Evansville on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 80-70 to the Chargers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Rockets still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Parkers Prairie's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 67-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wheaton. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Warriors are ranked 117th).
Underwood's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Parkers Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Everything went Underwood's way against Parkers Prairie in their previous matchup back in January, as Underwood made off with a 78-58 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Underwood since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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