Pella Christian lost against Dallas Center-Grimes back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pella Christian Eagles came up short against the Dallas Center-Grimes Mustangs, falling 73-52. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 32nd).
This is the second loss in a row for Pella Christian and nudges their season record down to 8-12. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 13-5 Pella (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 73% over those games). As for Dallas Center-Grimes, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Pella Christian will take on Indianola at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pella Christian is facing Indianola at the right time seeing as Indianola is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Dallas Center-Grimes, they will host Pella at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pella knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 games -- so hopefully Dallas Center-Grimes likes a good challenge.
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