Pequot Lakes is 10-0 against Staples-Motley since January of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Pequot Lakes Patriots will be playing at home against the Staples-Motley Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. Pequot Lakes will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak alive.
Last Thursday, Pequot Lakes beat Pierz 61-54. Given Pequot Lakes' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while Pierz is ranked 265th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Staples-Motley's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 76-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of Park Rapids. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game on Tuesday (57), Staples-Motley still had to take the loss.
Pequot Lakes' win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Staples-Motley, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5.
Pequot Lakes didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Staples-Motley in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 44-39 win. Does Pequot Lakes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Staples-Motley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.