The Norwalk Warriors are taking a road trip to face off against the Lincoln Lynx at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Norwalk is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Jefferson as Norwalk made off with a 72-47 victory. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 251st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lincoln entered their match against Dallas Center-Grimes on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Lincoln fell 65-56 to Dallas Center-Grimes.
Norwalk will need to focus on slowing down Jake Babbitt, one of several Lincoln players who made an impact when they last played. He on his way to 18 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Babbitt a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Slaughter, who to rack up 19 points.
Even though they lost, Lincoln smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in seven consecutive games.
Lincoln suffered their first home defeat, dropping their record down to 18-2. As for Norwalk, the win got them back to even at 11-11.
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