The Austin Packers will challenge the Red Wing Wingers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Austin is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Mahtomedi just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 74-52 to the Zephyrs. The game marked the Packers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Red Wing had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Komets 52-50. While the Wingers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-20), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Red Wing pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Austin, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 10-1.
Austin couldn't quite finish off Red Wing in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 and fell 61-58. Can Austin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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