The Zimmerman Thunder will square off against the North Branch Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Zimmerman has four straight wins, North Branch has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Zimmerman will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Becker, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Zimmerman managed a 71-67 victory over Becker on Tuesday. While the Thunder didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, North Branch came up short against Cambridge-Isanti on Tuesday, falling 88-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
North Branch's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Zimmerman, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Zimmerman, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 71-57 loss to North Branch when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Will Zimmerman have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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