The Larned Indians are taking a road trip to challenge the Kingman Eagles on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Larned and seven for Kingman dating back to last season.
Larned is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 77-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. John on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Tigers are ranked 47th).
Meanwhile, Kingman came up short against Inman on Tuesday and fell 54-43.
Kingman's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Larned, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Larned strolled past Kingman in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a score of 52-37. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Eagles' Dawson Wood, who shot 43% from the field to rack up 25 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Indians still be able to contain Wood? There's only one way to find out.
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