Sioux Falls Lutheran will venture away from home to square off against the Canistota Hawks at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Sioux Falls Lutheran will be strutting in after a victory while Canistota will be coming in after a defeat.
Sioux Falls Lutheran is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Flandreau Indian 68-65. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Sioux Falls Lutheran considering their 27-point performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Canistota was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 56-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Viborg/Hurley. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Cougars are ranked fourth).
Canistota's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14. As for Sioux Falls Lutheran, they moved to 4-9 with that victory, which also ended their five-game losing streak.
Sioux Falls Lutheran was dealt a bruising 73-35 loss at the hands of Canistota in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Can Sioux Falls Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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