The LaCrosse Leopards are taking a road trip to challenge the Ness City Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. LaCrosse will be strutting in after a win while Ness City will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, LaCrosse beat Macksville 41-37. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Leopards.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 67-34, which was the final score in Ness City's tilt against Wheatland-Grinnell on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Thunderhawks are ranked 108th).
Ness City has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-10 record this season. As for LaCrosse, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
LaCrosse didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Ness City when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 38-32 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for LaCrosse since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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