After both having extra time off, the Shakopee Sabers and the Stillwater Ponies will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shakopee is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Shakopee came up short against Prior Lake and fell 51-44. While losing is never fun, the Sabers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Lakers are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, Stillwater unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak last Friday. They took a 10-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Andover. The game marked the Ponies' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Stillwater's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2. As for Shakopee, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Shakopee suffered a grim 73-48 defeat to Stillwater when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Can Shakopee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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