Nevada is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Aurora is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Nevada Tigers will host the Aurora Houn Dawgs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Nevada is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since December 1, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Monett by a score of 60-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Aurora sidestepped Seneca for a 68-66 win. Given the Houn Dawgs' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Indians are ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aurora is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.8 points over those games. As for Nevada, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 14-5.
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