Prairie is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Iowa City is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Prairie Hawks will welcome the Iowa City Little Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Prairie is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Cedar Falls, who was ranked 16th at the time (Prairie was ranked fourth). Prairie fell to Cedar Falls 53-47. The Hawks' loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Iowa City blew past Waterloo West, posting a 78-49 win. The Little Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 20 points or more this season.
Iowa City's victory bumped their record up to 20-6. As for Prairie, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 12-1 and their overall record down to 16-2.
Prairie strolled past Iowa City in their previous meeting on January 10th by a score of 66-47. Does Prairie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Iowa City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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