The Medicine Lodge Indians will face off against the Norwich Eagles on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Medicine Lodge will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points on Monday, then bounced right back against Stafford on Tuesday. Medicine Lodge claimed a resounding 60-33 win over Stafford. That looming 60-33 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Indians yet this season.
Meanwhile, Norwich came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They really took it to the Wildcats for the full four quarters, racking up a 53-25 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Wildcats are ranked 329th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Medicine Lodge's win bumped their record up to 4-5-1. As for Norwich, they have also been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Medicine Lodge couldn't quite finish off Norwich when the teams last played back in January of 2022 and fell 51-49. Can Medicine Lodge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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