Nashua-Plainfield is 2-8 against Newman Catholic since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Nashua-Plainfield Huskies will venture away from home to face off against the Newman Catholic Knights at 6:15 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Nashua-Plainfield was fully in charge, breezing past Northwood-Kensett 63-31. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
Meanwhile, everything went Newman Catholic's way against North Butler on Friday as Newman Catholic made off with a 61-35 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Bearcats are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Newman Catholic is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.1 points per game. As for Nashua-Plainfield, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
Nashua-Plainfield came up short against Newman Catholic in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 51-42. Can Nashua-Plainfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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