The Galva Wildcats will challenge the Bureau Valley Storm at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Galva is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.8 points per game this season.
Galva will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating ROWVA/Williamsfield, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Galva claimed a resounding 88-54 win over ROWVA/Williamsfield. With the Wildcats ahead 48-24 at the half, the match was all but over already.
| 01/31/25 @ ROWVA/Williamsfield | 34 |
| 01/28/25 vs Stark County | 10 |
| 01/22/25 vs Abingdon/Avon | 10 |
| 01/24/25 vs Annawan | 9 |
| 01/18/25 vs Bushnell-Prairie City | 9 |
Galva found their leader in sophomore MJ Louck, who shot 5-for-8 from long range and dropped a double-double on 34 points and 11 boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Louck has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Stahl, who went 8 for 14 on his way to 22 points and seven rebounds.
Galva was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bureau Valley came up short against Sherrard on Saturday and fell 62-49. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 431st, while the Tigers are ranked 70th).
The victory made it two in a row for Galva and bumps their season record up to 18-5. As for Bureau Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 13-9.
Galva lost to Bureau Valley at home by a decisive 71-56 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2022. Can Galva avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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