After both having extra time off, the La Monte Vikings and the Bunceton Dragons will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. La Monte is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
La Monte is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Christian Fellowship two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. La Monte was dealt a 63-31 loss at the hands of Christian Fellowship. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while Christian Fellowship are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 58-10, which was the final score in Bunceton's tilt against Calvary Lutheran on December 10th. The Dragons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
La Monte's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Bunceton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
La Monte might still be hurting after the 67-46 defeat they got from Bunceton when the teams last played back in January of 2020. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point La Monte was down 39-19.
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