Having just played yesterday, the St. Marys Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Hiawatha Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for St. Marys and four for Hiawatha.
On Thursday, St. Marys came up short against Silver Lake and fell 67-54. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Eagles are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Hiawatha played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Holton and fell 61-34. The Red Hawks were down 50-28 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
St. Marys will have to keep a close watch on Kylie Nelson and Kenzie Nelson, a pair of players who had a big impact on Hiawatha's prior game. Kylie went 8-for-17 on her way to 22 points and four steals, while Kenzie posted six points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Kylie a new career-high in field goal percentage (47%).
Hiawatha's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for St. Marys, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.
St. Marys couldn't quite finish off Hiawatha in their previous meeting back in January of 2023 and fell 47-45. Can St. Marys avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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