The Wisconsin Heights Vanguards will head out to challenge the Waterloo Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Wisconsin Heights and 19 for Waterloo dating back to last season.
Wisconsin Heights is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 77-76 to Pecatonica. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (62), the Vanguards still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 100-50, which was the final score in Waterloo's tilt against Marshall on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 488th, while the Cardinals are ranked 108th).
Waterloo's defeat dropped their record down to 0-18. As for Wisconsin Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Wisconsin Heights was able to grind out a solid victory over Waterloo when the teams last played back in January, winning 61-52. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wisconsin Heights since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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