If Jefferson was feeling good fresh off their 54-23 takedown of Marshalltown last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Jefferson Hawks had to suffer through a 60-32 loss at the hands of the Cedar Falls Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Tigers are ranked 15th).
Jefferson has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season. As for Cedar Falls, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 10-2.
Jefferson has already played their next match (against Dubuque Senior), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Cedar Falls Tigers challenge the Linn-Mar Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Cedar Falls' favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Linn-Mar has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
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